Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 02:58:07 +0100 (MET) From: grog@lemis.de To: schluntz@pinpt.com (Sean J. Schluntz) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Questions) Subject: Re: A question on backing up. Message-ID: <199612260158.CAA13258@freebie.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <Chameleon.850950716.List@journeyman.pinpt.com> from "Sean J. Schluntz" at "Dec 18, 96 03:08:05 pm"
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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
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