On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Paul A. Scott wrote: > > Just a shot in the dark, but how about... > > > > # script tarout tar -xvzf ports.tar.gz & > > Actually, that won't work. The 'script' command will redirect the output to > a file, but it still outputs to the terminal, which is not what was > originally requested. My previous explanation is the correct solution.
# script tarout tar -xvf ports.tar > /dev/null But it doesn't seem to work with the &, as it says something about suspended tty output. Your solution, while teaching people the magic of shells, is correct and working. As I wrote, it was just a shot in the dark. :-) Best regards, Paul To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
