also sprach Adam Goryachev <mailingli...@websitemanagers.com.au> [2016-08-05 01:31 +0200]: > Maybe try this: > tail -f -n +0 blah.log | /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_zcat - > You need to include the beginning of the file or else it won't > detect the compression header.... Also, the - frequently means use > stdin when a filename parameter is required, it may or may not be > needed.
This makes perfect sense and works; thanks! > Remember in the majority of cases, you won't be watching backups, > they are something that *just happens*, and later you will come > along and verify they did happen, or restore some files. So > "watching" a backup in progress isn't a high priority... Well, yeah, except at the moment, I can't really rely on BackupPC to "just do it". It's not properly tuned, and I am trying to drill down towards the problem's root. -- @martinkrafft | http://madduck.net/ | http://two.sentenc.es/ save the plankton - eat a whale. spamtraps: madduck.bo...@madduck.net
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