Howdy all, I have a sh/bash/csh scripting question regarding cdrecord I have a system here who's owner wants to do daily backups to cd rw cd's. I wrote a script to do this using cdrecord (make the iso file first, then burn it to cd) and it works famously except for one small and annoying problem. I try to log everything I do and then print off the log. Unfortunately the output I get from cdrecord is not actually going to the log file so there is no information as whether the backup was successful or not, which makes the printout pretty much useless. The script is as follows : #!/bin/sh echo " " >/tmp/backup.log echo 'Starting Backup: ' `date` >>/tmp/backup.log echo " " >>/tmp/backup.log echo "blanking cd...">>/tmp/backup.log echo `cdrecord dev=0,0,0 blank=all` >> /tmp/backup.log echo ' ' >> /tmp/backup.log echo "making /tmp/backup.ios">>/tmp/backup.log echo `mkisofs -R -o /tmp/backup.iso /home` >> /tmp/backup.log echo ' ' >>/tmp/backup.log echo "burning cd...">>/tmp/backup.log echo `cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 /tmp/backup.iso` >>/tmp/backup.log echo ' '>>/tmp/backup.log echo 'Finished Backup: '`date`>>/tmp/backup.log echo " ">>/tmp/backup.log lp -d roland -o InputSlot=Tray1 /tmp/backup.log If I do these commands at command line, pertinent (and unfortunately curses style) information is spit out, but it is not caught in my echo `` calls. Anyone have any ideas? I must admit i have enough shell scripting syntax knowledge to be mostly dangerous to myself and others :-) Wayner -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
