On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Steven S. Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If this is a one off process, why bother with rsync at all. rsync is > for synchronizing data repeatedly. > > Why not something like use some incantation of tar to get the files you > need into a stream on stdout and pipe that through ssh to your remote > machine and have the remote side of ssh put the file on disk for you. > > tar -cvj /archive/dir | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'cat >backup.tar.bz' > > This is how you do a remote store of a locally create tar bzipped archive. > > Critch
WOW sweet line Mr C. ! I've Put that in a special place. ./aal Franklin P. Jones - "Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
