Fooler, I didn't see your last note their about FreeBSD 4.5. I haven't tested it yet on our production machines but we have mirrored the entire 4.5-RELEASE i386 ISO package.
Rowel, thanks for the suggestion. What blocking factor would you suggest for a DDS-3 tape drive? (4mm DDS-125, 24GB compressed/12GB uncompressed) -----Original Message----- From: Rowel Atienza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 7:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [plug] Redirecting output to file a perl script may do: #!/usr/bin/perl $command = "ssh host_to_backup \"sh -c 'dump -0uaf - / | gzip -2 | ssh -2 -c blowfish host_where_to_put_backup dd of=/dev/nrsa0' \" > dump.log 2>&1"; system $command; btw, would it be wise to put the blocking factor as it can make your backup more efficient? -rowel On Fri, 1 Feb 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Fooler, > > The output would be that of 'dd' and not of the dump process, right? How > about including the output of the dump process? > > -----Original Message----- > From: fooler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 2:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [plug] Redirecting output to file > Importance: High > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 1:10 PM > Subject: [plug] Redirecting output to file > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm doing a remote backup via ssh: > > > > dump -0uaf - / | gzip -2 | ssh -2 -c blowfish backup.host dd of=/dev/nrsa0 > & > > > > but I also want to save the output of the dump sequence to a file for > > logging and checking purposes as it will be running in the background. > I've > > tried: > > > > dump -0uaf - / | gzip -2 | ssh -2 -c blowfish backup.host dd of=/dev/nrsa0 > \ > > &> dump.log & > > > > this does not work :( > > dump -0uaf - / | gzip -2 | ssh -2 -c blowfish backup.host TEE dd > of=/dev/nrsa0 dump.log & > > man tee for more details. > > fooler. > P.S. > hey francis, freebsd 4.5-install.iso is already out and i tested it... > its performance really improve from tcp/ip stack to its filesystem. > > > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at > http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
