Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:47:25 -0500 From: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> To: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> Cc: dave.mehler@gmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: restoring a dump file across the network Message-ID: <20090630214725.GA25162@polands.org> In-Reply-To: <ade45ae90906301440h73dc646qa10675dee4cb8b4d@mail.gmail.com> References: <8EDEF027DA0C4508B28F3DA3D51EF62C@hades> <ade45ae90906301440h73dc646qa10675dee4cb8b4d@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 03:40:07PM -0600, Tim Judd wrote: > On 6/30/09, Dave <dave.mehler@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > I've got a dumpfile taken of one machine and placed on another. > > Now i want to push it to a third, i was wondering if this were > > doable? Machine 3 does not have dump/restore on it can't get it, > > so needs to have it sent over an encrypted ssh connection. > > > > If you don't have the restore program, a dumpfile won't help you. > You'd have to tar with permissions and untar on the opposite side. > A technique I've used with success in the past is nc(1). receiver# cd /somewhere receiver# nc -l 1234 | restore -rf- sender% nc receiver 1234 < dumpfile YMMV Regards, Doug
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