On 06.02.2010 15:43, Mart Frauenlob wrote: > On 06.02.2010 14:17, Javier Barroso wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Chris Jackson <c.jack...@shadowcat.co.uk> >> wrote: >>> 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! >>>> >>> >>> >>> Use $() like you do with the date command. You have to redirect stderr back >>> to stdout, which means running it in a subshell: >>> >>> >>> FILES=$( ( tar -zcvf - * --exclude-from $EXCLUDES | openssl des3 -salt -k >>> $1 | dd of=$(hostname)-$(date +%Y%m%d).tbz ) 2>&1 ) >>> >>> It may cause unexpected results if there're spaces in the filenames though. >> >> If there are spaces in filenames, you can try: >> >> $ n=0; while read l; do files[n]="$l"; ((n++)); done < <((tar -zvcf - >> * | openssl > $(hostname)-$(date +%Y%m%d)) 2>&1) >> >> Regards, >> >> > Warning: >
[..] > read strips of leading and trailing spaces. > use the $REPLY variable to avoid that. or by: IFS=$'\n' while IFS=$'\n'; read l [...] ; do ... > > rare conditions of newline in filenames is not covered... > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
