How do I tar to another computer?
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From: Todd on 1 Jun 2010 00:34 Hi All, I got tasked on upgrading a 9 year old Caldera Linux server to CentOS 5.5. The old server is so old, I am having trouble figuring out ways to transfer the data directory I need to the new server. No USB ports, severely broken IDE ports, a RAID card I never heard of, a fried 4 mm tape drive, yada, yada, yada. And to top it off, Caldera has a very reduced set of commands. But tar does work on Caldera. What is the syntax to save a tar ball on another computer? (I hope Caldera implemented that -- they did very little else.) And, what do I have to do to the receiving computer to allow it to accept a remote tar ball? Many thanks, -T
From: Robert Riches on 1 Jun 2010 00:45 On 2010-06-01, Todd <todd(a)invalid.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I got tasked on upgrading a 9 year old Caldera > Linux server to CentOS 5.5. The old server is > so old, I am having trouble figuring out ways > to transfer the data directory I need to the > new server. No USB ports, severely broken IDE > ports, a RAID card I never heard of, a fried > 4 mm tape drive, yada, yada, yada. > > And to top it off, Caldera has a very reduced > set of commands. > > But tar does work on Caldera. What is the > syntax to save a tar ball on another computer? > (I hope Caldera implemented that -- they did > very little else.) > > And, what do I have to do to the receiving computer > to allow it to accept a remote tar ball? > > Many thanks, > -T Are the ftp and/or scp commands available? If one end is running ftpd or sshd, you could use the ftp or scp commands from the other side to transfer the file. -- Robert Riches spamtrap42(a)verizon.net (Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)
From: Todd on 1 Jun 2010 00:48 On 05/31/2010 09:45 PM, Robert Riches wrote: > On 2010-06-01, Todd<todd(a)invalid.com> wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I got tasked on upgrading a 9 year old Caldera >> Linux server to CentOS 5.5. The old server is >> so old, I am having trouble figuring out ways >> to transfer the data directory I need to the >> new server. No USB ports, severely broken IDE >> ports, a RAID card I never heard of, a fried >> 4 mm tape drive, yada, yada, yada. >> >> And to top it off, Caldera has a very reduced >> set of commands. >> >> But tar does work on Caldera. What is the >> syntax to save a tar ball on another computer? >> (I hope Caldera implemented that -- they did >> very little else.) >> >> And, what do I have to do to the receiving computer >> to allow it to accept a remote tar ball? >> >> Many thanks, >> -T > > Are the ftp and/or scp commands available? If one end is running > ftpd or sshd, you could use the ftp or scp commands from the > other side to transfer the file. > No ssh anything, so no secure cp (scp). But I do think a rudimentary ftp is there. Thank you for the tip! The stinkin' mt (magnetic tape) command only has to commands: rewind, and fast forward one set. This is going to be a nightmare! -T
From: jellybean stonerfish on 1 Jun 2010 01:22 On Mon, 31 May 2010 21:48:38 -0700, Todd wrote: > No ssh anything, so no secure cp (scp). But I do think a rudimentary > ftp is there. Thank you for the tip! > > -T No scp. How about rcp?
From: Todd on 1 Jun 2010 01:27
On 05/31/2010 10:22 PM, jellybean stonerfish wrote: > On Mon, 31 May 2010 21:48:38 -0700, Todd wrote: > >> No ssh anything, so no secure cp (scp). But I do think a rudimentary >> ftp is there. Thank you for the tip! >> >> -T > > No scp. How about rcp? No clue. With my luck, no. But it is another great idea. Thank you! |