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 -- http://singinst.org/ : Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. Lojban (http://www.lojban.org/): The language in which "this parrot is dead" is "ti poi spitaki cu morsi", but "this sentence is false" is "na nei". My personal page: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/rlp/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Next 800 Companies to Lead America's Growth: New Video Whitepaper David G. Thomson, author of the best-selling book "Blueprint to a Billion" shares his insights and actions to help propel your business during the next growth cycle. Listen Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/SAP-dev2dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/