Bowie Bailey <bowie_bai...@buc.com> wrote on 02/09/2012 05:01:32 PM:
> On 2/9/2012 4:51 PM, Timothy J Massey wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > I've set up a new backup server, and for the first time I haven't
> > disabled compression. BackupPC is now creating log files in (what it
> > is claiming is) .z format. How do I read these? I've tried zcat
> > ("not in gzip format"), uncompress (no error, but no file), and unzip
> > (end of central directory not found). "file XferLog.0.z" says that
> > this file is "data" (which doesn't help...).
> >
> > So, how do I read these files, and even better: how do I go back to
> > my plaintext logs?
> >
> > (I *knew* there were great reasons why I have always immediately
> > disable compresson on all of my backup servers! :) )
>
> Backuppc uses a special compression format. You can read it with the
> BackupPC_zcat program. On my machine, it is located in
> /usr/local/BackupPC/bin.
I love BackupPC, but that is the *dumbest* thing *ever*. (Sorry, Craig!
:) ).
And even if you for some reason thought that was a *brilliant* idea, why
wouldn't you change the extension? Would bpz be so hard? :)
Tim Massey
Out of the Box Solutions, Inc.
Creative IT Solutions Made Simple!
http://www.OutOfTheBoxSolutions.com
tmas...@obscorp.com
22108 Harper Ave.
St. Clair Shores, MI 48080
Office: (800)750-4OBS (4627)
Cell: (586)945-8796
>
> --
> Bowie
>
>
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