On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, scott.list wrote:
> Logged in as root, sitting in the / dir:
> tar and zip up /home/* and /etc/passwd, to /tmp/backup.tar.gz
> ftp the tar file to a new box in /tmp,
> untar/zip it with all files in-tact, with the same ownership, permissions,
> mod times, etc. to their original location of /home and /etc
>
> As if I moved the hard drive holding the volume.
>
> I have bru, and considered using it, but figured tar would be better since
> the two boxes don't have compatible tape drives.
If you just want to move it from machine to machine, use rcp instead:
rcp /etc/passwd /home root@target_machine:/
man rcp for more info. Not too many options either.
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