On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 05:13:58PM +0100, Boniforti Flavio wrote:
> 
> > Well, by hand you'd do:
> > 
> > ssh host 'tar -czvf - /dir' >/backups/foo.tgz
> 
> But wouldn't this create *one huge tarball*??? That's not what I'd
> like to get...

It was an example for your benefit in future; it has nothing to do
with BackupPC.  For that, look at the host's config file and change
its backup method.

To solve that problem, by the way:

ssh host 'tar -czvf - /dir' | tar -C /dir -xzvf -

-Robin

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