[NTLUG:Discuss] Output to Multiple Files - Now More

[Chris Cox]

Example:

$ mkdir a.dir b.dir
$ mkfifo a
$ mkfifo b
$ (cd a.dir;split -b 640m <../a) &
$ (cd b.dir;split -b 640m <../b) &
$ dd if=/dev/sdb | tee a > b


David Wilson wrote:
> Ok the use of Tee did just what I wanted.  I am now
> only one more step away.
> 
> Considering I will be writing 20 - 60 gb of data to a
> Fat32 filesystem I need to pipe the dd output to Split
> to break it into pieces.
> 
> I can not seem to get the output after it is split to
> pipe into Tee.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> This is what I am trying
> 
> dd if=/dev/sdb |split -b 640m | tee file1 > file2
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> David
> 
> 
> --- David Wilson <drindles at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>>My understanding is that Tee outputs to Standard out
>>(monitor) and a file but not to two files.  
>>
>>
>>--- Fred James <fredjame at fredjame.cnc.net> wrote:
>>
>>>David Wilson wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I am looking for a little help in finding a tool
>>>
>>>that
>>>
>>>>will let me send the output of an script into to
>>>>simultaneous file locations.  For example,  I
>>
>>will
>>
>>>>read in the contents of a floppy diskette using
>>
>>dd,
>>
>>> I
>>>
>>>>would like the out put to go to two different
>>>>locations at the same time.  At the present time,
>>
>>>I
>>>
>>>>have to run the command twice, once for each
>>>
>>>location.
>>>
>>>>I also read in large hard drive volumes using dd
>>>
>>>so
>>>
>>>>simply making a copy of the dd image file is not
>>
>>a
>>
>>>>solution since it takes too much time.
>>>>
>>>>Any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>David
>>>> 
>>>>
>>>
>>>David Wilson
>>>Will "tee" work for you?
>>>Regards
>>>Fred James
>>>
>>>-- 
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>>>traffic between good and evil proceeding within
>>
>>us. 
>>
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>>>
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