On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Paul A. Scott wrote: > On 11/6/02 1:43 AM, "Kent Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> mike wrote: > >> What would i type to > >> make the output of that command not show but at the end simply do > >> let me know its finished? thanks guys > > > > tar -xzf ports.tar.gz & > > > > Turn off the verbose and & to background it. > > > > Kent > > That will work unless tar has stderr output (error messages) which > might then cause the tar command to suspend, or cause the error > messages to appear on the screen, depending upon your stty tostop > setting. > > Also, by turning off the verbose option you won't see the list of > files extracted. > > A better way (IMHO) would be to leave the verbose option on, and > capture both stdout and stderr output to a file, while running the > whole thing in background. Then when you're notified that the > command completed, you can peruse the file to see both the list and > any errors. > > The way to do this depends on the shell you're running. > > With 'sh' and its derivatives use: > > tar -xvzf ports.tar.gz >tarlog.txt 2>&1 & > > With 'csh' and its derivatives use: > > tar -xvzf ports.tar.gz >& tarlog.txt & > > When the background command finishes, all the output will be in > "tarlog.txt" > > Hope this helps, > > Paul A. Scott
Just a shot in the dark, but how about... # script tarout tar -xvzf ports.tar.gz & ...? Best regards, Paul To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
