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From: lewis@tramp.Colorado.EDU (LEWIS WILLIAM M JR)
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Subject: Re: using tee program with tar output
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Date: 10 May 91 16:00:39 GMT
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In article <26840@adm.brl.mil> sean@dmr.asa.com (Sean Baker) writes:
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>Hello,
>
>I'm trying to redirect the output of tar to a file.
>
>I can do this fine in the csh by using:
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>	tar cvf tarfile /tmp |& tee tar.out
>
>But how do I do this with the Bourne shell?  I can't seem to ...

Try:
	{ tar cvf tarfile /tmp 2>&1 } | tee tar.out

I haven't tried it, but it should work.