thanks Nils Breunese and Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
the critical things were that i needed a space in
-h host/path
so it was
-h host /path
and also the output, i was expecting a flag for output like -o
outputfile.zip, didnt even think of the > outputfile.zip
thanks guys.
On 10/18/07, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 10/18 08:55 , dan wrote:
> > i run this command as per the directions(needed to su backuppc!)
> >
> > ./BackupPC_zipCreate -h hostname -n -1 -c 3
> >
> > but it does not have an option of where to save the zip for OR how to
> > specify all files.
>
>
> I've never used BackupPC_zipCreate; but I'll presume it's like
> BackupPC_tarCreate.
>
> /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_tarCreate -h <hostname> -n <backupnumber>
> -s <sharename> <path of files within that share> > <output filename>
>
> The bits you're missing are:
>
> -s <sharename> <path of files within that share>
>
> and the redirection to the file you want to be the output. Alternatively,
> you can pipe to another program, and send the stream across the network
> with
> netcat or the like.
>
>
> Here's an example:
>
> /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_tarCreate -h host.example.tld -n -1 -s /
> /var/samba/cadshare/cadbackup |gzip -1 |nc host.example.tld 8888
>
> Of course on the other side you have another netcat process listening for
> the connection and piping the output to a tar command. (or dd, if you just
> wanted to capture an image of the tarfile).
>
> --
> Carl Soderstrom
> Systems Administrator
> Real-Time Enterprises
> www.real-time.com
>
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