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Neil Bothwick schrieb: |
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> On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 09:44:09 -0600, John Jolet wrote: |
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>> > tar outputs to stdout be default, so "-f -" is redundant, as is the |
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>> > use |
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>> > of dd. All you need is |
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>> > ssh hostname tar cf /source/path >backup.tar.gz |
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>> hmm, I'm not sure this behavior is consistent across all versions of |
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>> tar and all versions of ssh. |
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> The part about stdout being the default is consistent, |
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No, it's not. By default, tar writes to a tape device. |
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> To maintain consistency across ssh versions, it may be safer to |
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> use |
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> ssh >backup.tar.gz hostname "tar cf /source/path" |
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Uh? |
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alexander@blatt /tmp $ ssh > t server "tar cf /tmp/." |
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alexander@server's password: |
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tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive |
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Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information. |
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Ah, You wanted to leave out the "f" :) |
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But why should 'ssh > backup.tar hostname "tar c /source/path"' |
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be more consistent across *SSH* versions than |
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'ssh hostname "tar c /source/path" > backup.tar'? |
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Isn't that just a question wrt. the shell? |
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Alexander Skwar |
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