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From: Tom Smith <tom71713-gentoo52478932@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] tar over ssh
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:28:11
Message-Id: 43D661CA.8040002@yahoo.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] tar over ssh by Jeff
1 Jeff wrote:
2
3 >Hey guys.
4 >
5 >I've got this big fat backup server with no space left on the hard drive
6 >to store a tar file. I'd like to pipe a tar through ssh, but not sure
7 >what the command would be. Something to the effect of:
8 >
9 ># cat /var/backup | ssh backup.homelan.com 'tar data.info.gz'
10 >
11 >So that, the data is actually being sent over ssh, and then archived on
12 >the destination machine.
13 >
14 >Help!
15 >
16 >:-)
17 >
18 >
19 Not possible. What you want is more along the lines of AFS, NFS, SMB, or
20 the like.
21
22 If your backup files already exist, you can use SCP or SFTP to copy
23 those to a different server.
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] tar over ssh Francesco Riosa <BastianBalthazarBux@×××××××××.it>
Re: [gentoo-user] tar over ssh John Jolet <john@×××××.net>
Re: [gentoo-user] tar over ssh Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] tar over ssh Trenton Adams <trenton.d.adams@×××××.com>