Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 12:31:54 +0200 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: Simon <simon@optinet.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: network backup Message-ID: <20021213103154.GA2398@straylight.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <20021213082019.0A66B43EDC@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <20021213052738.T5723-100000@extortion.peterh.dropbear.id.au> <20021213082019.0A66B43EDC@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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--HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1251 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 03:22:06AM -0500, Simon wrote: > On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 05:27:48 +0000 (GMT), Peter Hoskin wrote: > >On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 nbari@unixmexico.com wrote: > > > >> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 23:00:41 -0600 (CST) > >> From: nbari@unixmexico.com > >> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG > >> Subject: network backup > >> > >> Hi all > >> > >> How can i make a backup of some dirs and send them to another server > >> > >> what is the best tool for doing that? > >> > >> rsync netcat or wich one do you recomend for making a huge backup ? > > > >rsync :) > > >=20 > rsync is nice, but it can't (afaik) compress data being synced on the fly= to > save disk space :-( Is there anything out there which works like rsync and > can compress on the fly to space disk space? having 100GB of text files > compressed can save quite a few gigs. Take a look at the rsync manual page, specifically at the '-z' option :) G'luck, Peter --=20 Peter Pentchev roam@ringlet.net roam@FreeBSD.org PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 The rest of this sentence is written in Thailand, on --HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9+bcZ7Ri2jRYZRVMRAri8AJ0e7guhg18RtxJMSdFcqpK0BBfa4gCfQigM Z9JRSeghB2leB7yKtxls4a8= =6jke -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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