Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 18:05:50 -0600 From: Jack Wenger <info@bentreality.com> To: Gary Blumenstein <garyb@fly.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: recovering tar archieve / ssh Message-ID: <3.0.32.19980108180550.0070d59c@acw-web.com>
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Is there a way to do tar over a ftp link? I've got a Jaz drive on a Mac, and I'd like to be able to do that. My main webserver is a FreeBSD 2.2.2 release box. No tape. At 09:46 AM 1/8/98 -1000, you wrote: > >On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, chrw wrote: >> Ive been using tar thru an ssh pipe to the fbsd streamer host, like >> >> tar cvfpl - * | ssh -c blowfish molly 'cat > /dev/nrst0' >> >> everything seemed to work fine, but today i tried doing a desaster >> recovery test.. It start extracting fine, but after 1 or 2 mins tar >> terminates with "tar: Unexpected EOF on archive file" :( >> > >Try also including the -B option to tar. This allows tar to read >"full blocks" when using pipes. > >-Gary > >-- >Gary Blumenstein, President Fly Technologies, Inc. >garyb@fly.com http://www.fly.com/ > > > > > ------------- Excellence in Web Design -------------- Bent Reality Graphics Jack Wenger, Owner info@bentreality.com http://www.bentreality.com 608-233-8571 or 1-888-701-1026 IBM Business Partner - Internet Specialist
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