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". -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynel...@georgeanelson.com> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
