[H-GEN] Piped data stream to networked computer

[Christopher Biggs]

(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs Christopher Biggs <chris at stallion.oz.au>)

"Marshall, Joshua" <MarshallJ at switch.aust.com> moved upon the face of the 'Net and spake thusly:

> 
> I'm wanting to do a backup of my Linux box to another computer on the
> network (which has a CD burner)
> 

The BSD remote-shell tools (rsh, rcp etc.) are much maligned and often
disabled, but for sheer convenience you can't beat 'em.

Quick and dirty (this works, I've done it many times to get files
to/from our network tapedrive):

tar cf - somedirectory | rsh foobox dd of=/dev/sometape

substitute archive command and destination file as required.

cjb

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