Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 14:08:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Philip Hallstrom <philip@adhesivemedia.com> To: MET <met@uberstats.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions-en'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Forcing an Overwrite Message-ID: <20020821140754.H70939-100000@cypress.adhesivemedia.com> In-Reply-To: <004201c24951$a6e6d700$6901a8c0@SURVIVAL>
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add "-f" to gzip. man gzip for more info. On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, MET wrote: > Here is my shell script: > > ====================================== > > #!/bin/sh > > DATE=`date +%m-%d-%Y`; > ARCHIVED="MP_Site_Files-$DATE.tar"; > > cd /usr/local/webroot/; > > tar -cvf $ARCHIVED mp_stable; > > yes|gzip -9 $ARCHIVED; > > ====================================== > > Here is what I get spitted out. > > gzip: MP_Site_Files-08-21-2002.tar.gz already exists; not > overwritten > > > Any ideas on how to make it over-write without flaw? > > ~ Matthew > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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