Neil Bothwick schrieb: > On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 09:44:09 -0600, John Jolet wrote: > >> > tar outputs to stdout be default, so "-f -" is redundant, as is the >> > use >> > of dd. All you need is >> > >> > ssh hostname tar cf /source/path >backup.tar.gz >> > >> hmm, I'm not sure this behavior is consistent across all versions of >> tar and all versions of ssh. > > The part about stdout being the default is consistent,
No, it's not. By default, tar writes to a tape device. > To maintain consistency across ssh versions, it may be safer to > use > > ssh >backup.tar.gz hostname "tar cf /source/path" Uh? [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp $ ssh > t server "tar cf /tmp/." [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information. Ah, You wanted to leave out the "f" :) But why should 'ssh > backup.tar hostname "tar c /source/path"' be more consistent across *SSH* versions than 'ssh hostname "tar c /source/path" > backup.tar'? Isn't that just a question wrt. the shell? Alexander Skwar -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
