I'm dating myself here. You could definitely do it to yourself on BSD, SunOS, and single digit Solaris versions. I haven't tried it on any Linux variants. Maybe they're more idiot-proof. :-)
----------------------------------------------------------- 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] --- On Thu, 1/8/09, David Allan <[email protected]> wrote: > From: David Allan <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [BBLISA] System Backup thoughts and questions... > To: "Kathryn Smith" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, January 8, 2009, 5:14 PM > Hmm...perhaps it doesn't work on all *nix variants, but > I actually tried > that before I posted it (on Fedora 10), and it did what I > would expect, > created /backup/directory/source/directory/<contents> > > I'll bear that in mind, though. > > Dave > > > On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, Kathryn Smith wrote: > > > > > --- 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > bblisa mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
