log file for tar command

[Mohd Esa Abd Kadir]

When i use tar command, i could not seen a log file for it. There is a script to determine a log file for tar command

[Sanjay Kumar Suri]

I don't think tar has a log file. By default it displays the results on the standard output which can be redirected to a file.

sks

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi,

You could use the -v option and redirect the output to a file.

# tar cvf temp.rjg /tmp > /tmp/tar.log

HTH,
Robert-Jan

[Andris Mednis]

Hi!

'tar' command doesn't do logging. You can have some imitation of logging by redirecting
'tar' messages to a file:
$ tar cvf myarchive.tar file1 dir2 > mypacking.log 2>&1
$ tar xvf myarchive.tar file1 dir2 > myunpacking.log 2>&1

[V.Tamilvanan]

Hi,

Default there is no log file for tar. But you can redirect the output to a file like below.

#tar -cvf /dev/rmt/1m /tmp 2>/tmp/tar.log

[KapilRaj]

You can use tee also .

tar cvf tar.tar . |tee /tmp/log_tar

Regds,

Kaps