On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 02:03 am, David A. Bandel wrote: > AFAIK, ftp wasn't designed for recursive transfers. For that, I would > use rsync. That said, I use cpio to grab directories/disks. Generally, > I create a TOC using find, then cat that TOC through cpio with all the > appropriate switches. Once I have a .cpio file, I bzip2 it and xfer it. > cpio has always had the advantage that it will grab special files > (named pipes, sockets, device files) that tar won't. I also verify > backups, and I note that most youngsters today don't. > > But then you're asking an "old school" admin who still types sync three > times before unmounting a disk. Could be tar will do you nicely. > > Ciao, > > David A. Bandel
David, I was thinking that if I installed a linux on this other drive and called a cron job from there, would it backup windows to linux even though its not actually running? Just a no brain query. -- Keith Antoine (GANDALF) aka 'SKIPPY' 18 Arkana St, The Gap, Queensland 4061, Australia:: PH:61733002161 Practising Geriatric, Retired Electronics Engineer, Knowall, Brain in storage _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
