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Date:      Fri, 7 Sep 2001 20:25:53 -0400
From:      Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon@widomaker.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Unattended remote backups via ssh???
Message-ID:  <20010907202551.D4908@widomaker.com>
In-Reply-To: <05bbptgo0ovdjb9qg4k93l25i8i50a5rpf@4ax.com>
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On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 12:47:20AM -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote:

> /sbin/dump -0 -b 600 -uanf - / |gzip -9 | ssh -2 -c blowfish
> safepriv@backuphost.example.com dd of=/backup1/subdir/dump-host-root-0.gz
> 
> will dump the root partition to your backup maching into a file.
> 
> /sbin/dump -0 -b 600 -uanf - / | ssh -2 -c blowfish
> tapeprivuser@backuphost.example.com dd of=/dev/nrsa0
> 
> will dump it to tape.

You might also consider using bzip. gzip is great, but doesn't recover
from errors. It's more like an all-or-nothing deal. bzip is supposed to
be able to recover from errors in a single block.

-- 
"Star Wars Moral Number 17: Teddy bears are dangerous in herds."

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