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DUH ME! Open mouth, insert face... |
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Ok, what I *meant* to say from post #1, is, the filesystem I'm |
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tarballing is quite large - 25g. The tar command should be able to |
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digest this, yes? Should I be worried? |
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Thanks again all. |
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Jeff wrote: |
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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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