> Hi, on my main home machine I have a little script that creates some > tar.gz files then opens a k3b file so I can burn the resulting files to > a dvd, like this: > > /bin/bash > *tar* cvfz /home/roger/backup/backupfile.tar.gz /folders/to/back/up/ > k3b /home/roger/backup/backup.k3b > > in a file named with .sh extension. > > > When running tar from the command line I particularly included the "v" > switch for tar so that I can see the progress as each file is added. > However when running from within the .sh file this doesn't happen, I can > only see that the process is happening by viewing top, or watching the > increasing size of the .tar.gz file in a konqueror window. Is there a > way I can have the verbose output of tar in a shell window when running > via the .sh file? > > Roger >
I'm not sure if this is your problem but should not the fz options be transposed so that the name of the archive you create is an OPTARG for the f option. See this page for an elaboration of the error; http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/tar.html#short-create Cheers Ross Drummond
