Re: Remote backup
On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, Stef Hoesli Wiederwald wrote:
> I want to make a backup from one machine directly into a tar file on
> another machine. How could I do that? I'm thinking about something
> like: tar -c / | rcp ...
You'll have to did for more details (i.e. how tar accompishes this), but
if you are using GNU tar (the standard debian tar), I found this in a
quick search of the info page:
To specify an archive file on a device attached to a remote machine,
use the following:
--file=HOSTNAME:/DEV/FILE NAME
`tar' will complete the remote connection, if possible, and prompt you
for a username and password. If you use `--file=@HOSTNAME:/DEV/FILE
NAME', `tar' will complete the remote connection, if possible, using
your username as the username on the remote machine.
Cheers.
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Colin Telmer, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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