I've tried the -v option but my logs come out to be 5-10Mb in size (depending on the server). It just lists the file names being backed up.
<quote who="James Gibbon"> > > "AragonX" wrote: >> I'm using tar to do nightly backups. I would like to get some >> useful information out of it to put in a log file. I would like >> to know if the backup completed successfully, how big the backup >> was and what files had to be excluded. Does anyone have any >> ideas? >> > > You might use the 'v' option to list the files being archived, and > redirect that, along with stderr, to the logfile. Something like > > tar cvf /dev/st0 ./dir_to_backup >/tmp/backuplog 2>&1 > > .. will work in bash or ksh. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
