How do I tar to another computer?
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From: Todd on 3 Jun 2010 16:17 On 06/03/2010 10:43 AM, Robert Heller wrote: > I'm assuming that the two machines are on some (private) LAN. If this must go > over the pubic Internet, the OP should create a disposable > (unprivilaged!) account on the newbox, and once the files have been > transfered, disable that account and close up (or shutdown) vsftpd. They will be inches from each other. I was hoping to avoid having to set up ftpd on the new machine.
From: Todd on 3 Jun 2010 16:18 On 06/03/2010 09:31 AM, unruh wrote: > Yee gads. Imagine doing this for 10000 files with most being binary > files, with potential file corruption problems. > It is like using a nailfile to tear down an office block. No ssh either
From: Todd on 3 Jun 2010 16:20 On 06/03/2010 09:27 AM, unruh wrote: >> md5sum on each end comes in handy. good idea > > It does, but running md5sum on 10000 files manually is way worse than > having it done automatically by rsync. One tar ball. One md5sum
From: General Schvantzkoph on 3 Jun 2010 16:24 On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:08:11 -0700, Todd wrote: > On 06/02/2010 09:45 AM, General Schvantzkoph wrote: >> On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:22:22 -0700, Todd wrote: >> >>> On 06/02/2010 05:18 AM, Kenny McCormack wrote: >>> >>>> netcat is all you need! >>>> >>>> >>> The computer is *ancient*. I can not tell how anything gets on or off >>> of it. I just cn not take a modem compiles piece of software and >>> install it on the dinosaur. >> >> I thought you said that you have FTP on the system, if you do then >> that's your simplest solution. I've never heard of a *nix system that >> didn't have the basic command line FTP client on it. > > I said I *thought it did*. Watch the weasel words. I will have to > check. The thing only has a 10 GB hard drive. A lot of the stuff we > are use to are missing. There is an easy way to check, just type ftp and see if you get a response. I'm certain that you will have FTP on the box, it's been on *nix systems for decades.
From: The Natural Philosopher on 3 Jun 2010 16:28
Todd wrote: > On 06/02/2010 07:32 PM, unruh wrote: > >> However you seem to imply that it DOES have internet access ( you talk >> about telnet) so you DO know how to get anything on or off it. > > That was the purpose of the post. Is there any way to > transfer file over a telnet connection? > not easily, but if you have root access to the remote, you can set up SOMETHING that will work. It is JUST possible to uuencode a tar file to the sage where it can be sent over a 7 bit connection, but boy is it a hack.. and you will need uudecode the the far end. mind you., maybe UUCP exists at the far end? now I haven't used UUCP over IP in YEARS!! |