A chronological documentation test project, nothing serious, really!
This is a short post on how you can transfer files unsecured but fast between linux servers. I prefer to use netcat (nc) to transfer large amounts of data between servers when I know the connection between them are secure, ie on my private LAN. The sender server should run the following command $ tar […]
This is a oneliner to copy files from current directory to another target directory using tar, preserving file attributes, dates etc. #!/bin/sh fromdir=/path/from todir=/path/to/target echo “cd $fromdir; tar cf – . | (cd $todir; tar xpf -)” cd $fromdir; tar cf – . | (cd $todir; tar xpf -)
Today I’ve setup a cold backup routine to backup my Zimba installation running on my Debian (Etch) 4.0 server that is in full production now for my private domains. This is a slightly modified backup script for the Open Source Edition of Zimbra from the Zimbra Wiki. Please note that the script does a full […]
When I need to transfer lots of files or directories between computers, I usually use tar and ssh together. Last time I used it however, I realized that perhaps not everyone knows how to do this. The procedure is very simple, and a full command could look something like this: tar -cf – directory/ | […]
tar -czpf – source_dir –exclude=/proc –exclude=/mnt | ssh user@desktop ‘cat > /path/to/target/dest.tar.gz’