Re: Bash question: get output as a variable?

[Bob McGowan <bob_mcgowan@symantec.com>]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> I'm scripting a backup solution, the line that does the business looks
> like this:
> 
> tar -zcvf - *  --exclude-from $EXCLUDES  | openssl des3 -salt -k $1 |
> dd of=$(hostname)-$(date +%Y%m%d).tbz
> 
> Because of the "v" flag tar writes to stdout the name of each file
> copied. How can I get that output redirected to a variable, to use
> later in the script?
> 
> Thanks!
> 

I forgot to ask, in the last post:  Why are you using the 'dd' command?

I would think you could do:

  tar ... | openssl ... > $(hostname)-$(date +%Y%m%d).tbz

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Bob McGowan
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