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On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:44-0500, Jay Hall wrote:
> [...] Following is how I am using gnu tar
>
> DIR="/home/test"
> WHATTOBACKUP="/home/somedir"
>
> /usr/local/gtar-1.22/bin/tar -cf - ${WHATTOBACKUP} \
> --checkpoint-action='echo=Checkpoint #%u'
> --checkpoint-action='exec=/usr/local/scripts/check_disk_usage.sh ${DIR}'
Try this:
/usr/local/gtar-1.22/bin/tar -cf - ${WHATTOBACKUP} \
--checkpoint-action='echo=Checkpoint #%u' \
--checkpoint-action="exec=/usr/local/scripts/check_disk_usage.sh ${DIR}"
The use of single quotes prohibits the expansion of environment
variables. Use double qoutes instead.
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Trond Endrestøl | [email protected]
ACM, NAS, NUUG, SAGE, USENIX | FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE & Alpine 2.00
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