From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 25 18:16:57 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id SAA02205 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 25 Dec 1996 18:16:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from diablo.ppp.de (diablo.ppp.de [193.141.101.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id SAA02200 for ; Wed, 25 Dec 1996 18:16:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebie.lemis.de by diablo.ppp.de with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0vd5N1-000QaQC; Thu, 26 Dec 96 03:16 MET Received: (grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.de (8.8.4/8.6.12) id CAA13258; Thu, 26 Dec 1996 02:58:08 +0100 (MET) From: grog@lemis.de Organisation: LEMIS, Schellnhausen 2, 36325 Feldatal, Germany Phone: +49-6637-919123 Fax: +49-6637-919122 Message-Id: <199612260158.CAA13258@freebie.lemis.de> Subject: Re: A question on backing up. In-Reply-To: from "Sean J. Schluntz" at "Dec 18, 96 03:08:05 pm" To: schluntz@pinpt.com (Sean J. Schluntz) Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 02:58:07 +0100 (MET) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Questions) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Sean J. Schluntz writes: > I was wondering if it is possible to do a backup to a FTP site or something > along those lines. I have one server that is running low on disk space, and I > need to do full backups of it regularly. I need to get the backup to a > shudder) NT system because that is where the tape is. > > (I know this is completely wrong but) if I could do something like: > > tar -??? / | ftp test:ABA@ftp.my.domain/backup/DATE.tar > > Is there any way to do this? Thanks for your help! I regularly do something like this, but with rsh instead of ftp: tar cf - / | rsh remotesite dd ibs=2b obs=20b of=/dev/nrst0 Does NT support rsh? Otherwise I'd have to think about it. Merry Christmas Greg