Re: [tlug] Remote Backups and Command Line Stuff

[Godwin Stewart <godwin.stewart@example.com>]

On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 18:17:53 +0200, Godwin Stewart
<godwin.stewart@example.com> wrote:

> True. In that case, use gzip:
> 
> tar -cvz back_this_up | ssh user@example.com \
> "cd backupdir; cat > backup.`date +%Y%m%d`.tar.bz2"
                                                 ^^^
Oops. sorry...

Scratch that and try this instead:

tar -cvz back_this_up | ssh user@example.com \
"cd backupdir; cat > backup.`date +%Y%m%d`.tar.gz"

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