redirected tar/pax output

From: UFPEL - CPMET <ufpelrm_at_eu.ansp.br>
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 14:40:55 -0300 (GMT-0300)

Hi managers!

I have the following configuration:

        DEC 3000/600
        TLZ06 tape unit
        OSF/1 V3.2 214

When I need to see a tape contents I use 'tar tv' but if I issue a
command like

        tar tv > tar.log

I get an empty output file. When I redirect booth standard ouput and
standard error the only content of tar.log is

        blocksize = 20

Tar does not generate the file list if the stdout/stderr is not a
terminal. This is very bad, since I need to list some tapes an wanna do it
using at jobs. Any idea?

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Carlos A M dos Santos - Analista de Sistemas
Universidade Federal de Pelotas - Centro de Pesquisas Meteorologicas
Pelotas, RS, Brasil - e-mail: ufpelrm_at_eu.ansp.br
Received on Wed May 29 1996 - 20:02:14 NZST

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