On Jul 20, 2014, at 2:24 PM, Philip Guenther <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Robert Carleton <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm using dump for backups to take advantage of the dump levels. I'd like to be able to run restore interactively, using the standard in as an input. Here's what I have in mind: > > # cd /tmp > # ssh [email protected] "cat /home/backup/0-var.dmp" | restore -i -f - > restore > > > When I try it, it hangs on the first command I run, even the "what" command. "top" reports the wait for restore is ttyin. I'm running OpenBSD 5.5-stable, patch 8, compiled from source. The host is running on rootbsd.net's infrastructure, Xen running my host as a HVM I believe. > > First, if the remote machine is another openbsd box or has a compatible /etc/rmt command, then you may be able to just use > restore -i -f [email protected]:/home/backup/0-var.dmp The backup server is FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE. I'll give that a try. > > If that works, it'll probably be the most efficient method. And yes, that will use ssh internally. > > > Otherwise, the problem is probably just that ssh is reading your stdin as well. You can suppress that with its -n option. But do try the above method using rmt first > > > Philip Guenther
