On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 18:11:53 +0200 "Jason Dale" <redhat@maxxess.co.za> wrote: > Hello, > > 1) When I do a man page on 'tar', the screen comes up all garbled. I believe > this was discussed on the list a while back, but I can't seem to find those mails > that will shed some insight on why this is happening. Does this have something to > do with the $TERM variable? > > 2) I am using 'tar' to create a backup of a directory structure to another Linux server > on the same LAN. Here is a screen dump: > > # tar -cvzf -f 209.212.123.157:/usr/backups /tmp/testdir > > Gives this output > > tar: 209.212.123.157\:/usr/backups: Cannot stat: No such file or directory > tar: Removing leading `/' from member names > tmp/testdir/ > tmp/testdir/testfile1 > tmp/testdir/testfile2 > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > > I am trying to backup the directory /tmp/testdir and copy the archive onto the > server substituted by the IP address 'IP'. Where am I going wrong here? > > Regards, Jason > look on sourceforge or google for flexbackup. this package allows you to do what you are needing. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
