Re: mkreiserfs -q

["Yura Umanets" <umanets@priocom.com>]

Randy Hron wrote:

>Sometimes I have to create a reiserfs filesystem over a dialup
>or serial connection.   mkreiserfs on a large filesystem prints
>almost 1 meg of output.  I work around this by redirecting
>mkreiserfs output to a file.  
>
>The -q option in reiserfsck has been a huge timesaver when
>on serial line.  On a serial/dialup line, -q means both quick and quiet.
>
>It would be nice to see a -q option for mkreiserfs too. :)
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I forget something :))

echo "Yes" | mkreiserfs ... > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
    echo "Couldn't create filesystem. Error $?"
}

Or you should redirect to /dev/null only stdout or stderr.

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Yury Umanets
IT Engineer of Priocom Corp.
Phone: +380 44 2011959, ICQ: 55494590