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eivinn
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 Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2002 10:34 am Post subject: how can I clone partition over ftp? |
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I am about to upgrade my server with Gentoo and plan to use LVM. Therefore I need to wipe out my harddrive.
My question is how can I pipe a tar to an ftp-server with bash?
Of course I would also like to know if I can trust this solution  |
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m0pr0be
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| Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2002 10:46 am Post subject: |
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i think what your are looking for is a HERE document:
somnething like
ftp << HERE
o 111.222.333.444
binary
put file.tar.bz2
quit
HERE
to be able to use ftp without entering user and password you need to setup a ~/.netrc file.
see man ftp for more info on .netrc
see man bash section "REDIRECTION" for info on here-documents.
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pls explain a little further what you are about to do, i didnt quite get your update method
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pjp
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eivinn
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| Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2002 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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I have been upgrading my workstation lately and used the following command to clone a directory:
| Code: | | tar lcf - .|(cd /target; tar xpvf - ) |
The thing I would like to do is:
1. Make a tar file of my /home
2. Pipe the tar-file over to another computer through ftp without using temp disk-space
3. Wipe out all disk info and repartition using LVM
4. Pipe the tar-file back out on /home |
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