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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 backup@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.

/voipfc

In article <1181912220.511358.257370@o61g2000hsh.googlegroups .com>,
voipfc <voipfc@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 --
reserve --show-omitted-dirs \ --exclude-from exclude.lst / | gpg -e
:-r backup@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.

Instead of having tar send the archive to stdout, try making better
use of the capabilites of bash:

tar -cf >(gpg -e -r backup@key.domain.com > encrypted.tar.gpg) \
--index-file verbose_output.txt --ignore-failed-read -P \
--preserve --show-omitted-dirs --exclude-from exclude.lst /

For an explanation of the above, see "Process Substitution" in the
bash manpage.

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voipfc 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 backup@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.

Use the "v" argument in tar:
tar cvf - --index-file verbose_output.txt --ignore-failed-read -P --
preserve --show-omitted-dirs \ --exclude-from exclude.lst / | gpg -e
-r backup@key.domain.com > encrypted.tar.gpg

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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.

Look at "tee" for this. It clones its stdin to a file and also to
stdout.

> 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.

Nope. You want to do two different things with stdout not
separate

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.