https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/fbackup-s-log/m-p/2533252#M25516 Hi Jasper,<BR /><BR />Try this although you must specify a tape output other than stdout; (i.e.) don't use -f -.<BR /><BR />fbackup -v -g mygraph -c myconfig -f /dev/rmt/1m 2&gt;&amp;1 | tee /tmp/mylog<BR /><BR />The idea is to redirect stderr (fdes 2) to stdout (fdes 1) and then pipe stdout to the tee command. Tee then writes each line of its input to /tmp/mylog and to stdout (the terminal).<BR /><BR />That should do the trick, Clay<BR /><BR /> Sun, 27 May 2001 19:59:47 GMT A. Clay Stephenson 2001-05-27T19:59:47Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/fbackup-s-log/m-p/2533251#M25515 how do i output the log both on a terminal and a file at the same time while fbackup is running?<BR /><BR />hope i could here from guru's out there..<BR /><BR />thanks Sun, 27 May 2001 18:59:48 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/fbackup-s-log/m-p/2533251#M25515 JRiggs 2001-05-27T18:59:48Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/fbackup-s-log/m-p/2533252#M25516 Hi Jasper,<BR /><BR />Try this although you must specify a tape output other than stdout; (i.e.) don't use -f -.<BR /><BR />fbackup -v -g mygraph -c myconfig -f /dev/rmt/1m 2&gt;&amp;1 | tee /tmp/mylog<BR /><BR />The idea is to redirect stderr (fdes 2) to stdout (fdes 1) and then pipe stdout to the tee command. Tee then writes each line of its input to /tmp/mylog and to stdout (the terminal).<BR /><BR />That should do the trick, Clay<BR /><BR /> Sun, 27 May 2001 19:59:47 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/fbackup-s-log/m-p/2533252#M25516 A. Clay Stephenson 2001-05-27T19:59:47Z