--- On Thu, 1/8/09, David Allan <[email protected]> wrote:
> > tar cf - /source/directory | ( cd /backup/directory ; tar > xvf - ) > This is probabably obvious, but having shot myself in the foot with it in the past, I can't let this go by without pointing it out. If you try this approach, be absolutely sure you use tar cf - ./source/directory The example here looks like you're using a full, absolute path name starting at root for your source directory. If you write that using a pipe, it goes right back where it started, not to /backup/directory you've just changed into. Been there, done it to myself, spent a very long weekend recovering the file system. Kathryn ----------------------------------------------------------- This email address, [email protected], is my primary email address. If you encounter difficulty with this address, I can also be reached at [email protected] _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
