Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:52:10 +0200 (CEST) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Trond_Endrest=F8l?= <Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no> To: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: gnu tar checkpoint variable expansion Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0910211550220.65671@mail.fig.ol.no> In-Reply-To: <B0508ECD-C05C-4378-8A8F-F35CB0C2274B@socket.net> References: <B0508ECD-C05C-4378-8A8F-F35CB0C2274B@socket.net>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --2055831798-1884141639-1256133135=:65671 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:44-0500, Jay Hall wrote: > [...] Following is how I am using gnu tar > > DIR="/home/test" > WHATTOBACKUP="/home/somedir" > > /usr/local/gtar-1.22/bin/tar -cf - ${WHATTOBACKUP} \ > --checkpoint-action='echo=Checkpoint #%u' > --checkpoint-action='exec=/usr/local/scripts/check_disk_usage.sh ${DIR}' Try this: /usr/local/gtar-1.22/bin/tar -cf - ${WHATTOBACKUP} \ --checkpoint-action='echo=Checkpoint #%u' \ --checkpoint-action="exec=/usr/local/scripts/check_disk_usage.sh ${DIR}" The use of single quotes prohibits the expansion of environment variables. Use double qoutes instead. - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Trond Endrestøl | Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no ACM, NAS, NUUG, SAGE, USENIX | FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE & Alpine 2.00 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkrfEg8ACgkQbYWZalUoEltZnACggXsvYV1wq/91nSUabiLEhuBt 9qIAn1FN+EqFu4IdNhQbB9Y5IMtJtnGq =myOf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2055831798-1884141639-1256133135=:65671--
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