On 06.02.2010 13:39, Mart Frauenlob wrote: > On 04.02.2010 23:09, 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)-$(date +%Y%m%d).tbz >> >> Because of the "v" flag tar writes to stdout the name of each file >> copied. How can I get that output redirected to a variable, to use >> later in the script? >> >> Thanks! >> > > After reading many of the follow-ups, I'd suggest something like that: > > #!/bin/bash > > # create the archive local first, as if you use 'tar -v' and redirection > # of stderr, you will also catch (possible) error messages of tar, not > # only a file list. > > tar -czf archive.tgz > > # now list the content with 'tar -t'. > # that ensures that we work only with files, which are in the archive. > # you can put it into an array, or if that's not save enough (as the > # array could become quite big and consume a lot of memory) redirect > # the output to a file. >
forgot: oifs=$IFS IFS='$\n' > array=( $(tar -tf archive.tgz) ) > > # or > tar -tf archive.tgz > file.list > If filename contains newline the whole thing still is in trouble though. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
