Ralph Angenendt wrote: > Will McDonald wrote: > >> I'd send STDOUT and STDERR to separate logs for brevity's sake. >> Something like... >> >> tar czvf $destfile $tobetarred > /tmp/tarlog.std 2> /tmp/tarlog.err >> > > If you want to have it brief - why the "v"? > Becuase then at least I might see what files were being processed when the tar stopped?