voipfc <voi...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> I am piping the output from tar to directly to gpg for encryption
> using the command below
>
> tar cf - --index-file verbose_output.txt --ignore-failed-read -P --
> preserve --show-omitted-dirs \ --exclude-from exclude.lst / | gpg -e
> -r bac...@key.domain.com > encrypted.tar.gpg
>
> I also want the list of files which is normally displayed on the
> screen to be saved into a file for later viewing.
>
> I gather it relates to the way stderr and stdout are handled. I assume
> that stdout is what is sent to gpg so where can stderr be piped to.

Sorry. I think I just sent a partial post with wrong stuff thinking
I was cancelling it. Switch to cvf and then add 2> verbose.file
before the pipe to intercept stderr into a file.