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Subject: Re: Backup to DAT
From: Kurt Swanson <ksw@dna.lth.se>
Date: 15 Sep 1999 07:40:05 -0700


"michael gatti" <mike@mso.com.br> writes:
> SRV -> Linux Server
> DAT -> Linux Workstation with DAT Tape

> I have 2 linux boxes (SRV, DAT). One of them is a application server 
> (SRV) and the other is a workstation with a DAT Tape "(DAT)".
> I would like to backup data from the server "(SRV)" to the DAT Tape 
> that's on the linux workstation "(DAT)".
> How could I do that, considering that the data I want to backup is at 
> the /dados directory on the "SRV" box and that the DAT tape is mounted 
> at /dev/st0 on the "DAT" box.

I use something like this (run on SRV):

cd /
tar cvfb - 20 dados | rsh -l 

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