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This example that Francesco illustrates seems to work pretty well. I |
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guess my main concern was with tar - would it be able to handle a |
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filesystem this large? Myself, I haven't seen or heard any scary stories |
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thus far. Anyone shed light on tar limitations? |
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Thanks for all the colorful replies. |
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:-) |
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-Jeff |
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Francesco Riosa wrote: |
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> Jeff wrote: |
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>>Hey guys. |
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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. Something to the effect of: |
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>># cat /var/backup | ssh backup.homelan.com 'tar data.info.gz' |
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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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> tar -zcf - /var/backup | ssh backup.homelan.com "( cat > data.info.gz )" |
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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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Officer: |
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We've analyzed their attack, sir, and there is a danger. |
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Should I have your ship standing by? |
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Governor Tarkin: |
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Evacuate? In our moment of triumph? I think you |
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overestimate their chances. |
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