On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 02:29:53PM +0200, Pedro Cambra wrote:
> Thanks but if I put simply -C it doesn't work from command line (at
> least for ubuntu)
> I think I have get it, I was connecting by ssh with root and i should
> do it with backuppc user on server, shouldn't I?
> 
> Now i have another issue, when i do a full backup by tar, first it
> occupies space on the client for making the tar, is that true? Can I
> specify where I want to put this "temporary" tar?

No, there shouldn't be a temporary tar - it should pipe the TAR output
through the ssh connection and a special BackupPC process will receive
the files.

Ah, I've found it. Your "--C" option should be "- -C". It should look
like this:

> Running: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -n -l pcambra 192.168.1.37 LC_ALL=C sudo
> /bin/tar -c -v -f - -C /home/pcambra --totals .

"-f -" instructs tar to output it's TAR file to standard out.

HTH,

Tino.

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