Re: Bash question: get output as a variable?
On 10-02-04 19:06:58, Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Feb 2010 17:42:45 -0500 (EST), Javier Barroso wrote:
> > In this case output goes to stderr, so:
> >
> > tar -zcvf - * --exclude-from $EXCLUDES 2> /tmp/data$$ | openssl ...
>
> Is that something you just have to find out by trial and error?
> I checked the man page for tar, and there's nothing in there about
> the -v output being written to stderr. I'll take your word for it,
> but in the general case, it's hard to tell. Since stdout and
> stderr both default to the terminal, and since the doc doesn't
> say, how else would you know other than by trial and error?
As the man page notes, see `info tar`. The answer is buried in "3.9
Asking for Confirmation During Operations".
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