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On Wed, 2006-01-25 at 08:55 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: |
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> On Tue, 2006-01-24 at 17:23 +0000, Francesco Riosa wrote: |
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> > Jeff wrote: |
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> > > Hey guys. |
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> > > |
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> > > I've got this big fat backup server with no space left on the hard drive |
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> > > to store a tar file. I'd like to pipe a tar through ssh, but not sure |
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> > > what the command would be. |
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> [snip] |
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> > > |
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> > > So that, the data is actually being sent over ssh, and then archived on |
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> > > the destination machine. |
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> > > |
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> > tar -zcf - /var/backup | ssh backup.homelan.com "( cat > data.info.gz )" |
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> > |
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> > something similar, probably is possible to avoid the use of cat bat |
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> > don't came in mind at the moment |
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> wow, I am quite blown away - not only at the fact that I just tried the |
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> above command (and it worked of course) but also that I've found a new |
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> way of doing something that I never thought of before. |
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> |
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> This is one to remember! |
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In fact, I just added a gentoo wiki entry, under the backup "stub": |
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http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Backup#Securely_backing_up_a_filesystem_on_a_remote_machine |
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Iain Buchanan <iain at netspace dot net dot au> |
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Humor in the Court: |
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Q: ...any suggestions as to what prevented this from being a murder trial |
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instead of an attempted murder trial? |
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A: The victim lived. |
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