Re: Dumping to remote file

[Tilo Stritzky <t_(_dot_)_stritzky_(_at_)_teles_(_dot_)_de>]

On 09/07/02 14:38  Richard P. Koett wrote:
> I currently backup some filesystems by dumping
> to a local file & then scp'ing the file to a system
> with a big hard drive.
> 
> Any suggestions on how to accomplish this more
> efficiently? I don't even care about encryption, 
> since this is a local, trusted network.
> 
Ten minutes ago I did this:
first on your big_disk:
$ disk: nc -ln 44441 > dump_file

then:
#machine_todump: dump -0 -f - wd0 | nc disk 44441

> I would prefer not to use R commands, NFS,
> or to install additional software.
> 
> Thanks...
> 
regards
tilo