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tar zcf - bigfile.img | mbuffer -s 1K -m 512m | ssh otherhost "tar zxf -" |
This helps stabilize any issues with your disk I/O which is a huge bottleneck when copying large files over the network.
Grab mbuffer..
Tar
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tar czvpf backupfile-date +%Y%m%d.tar.gz /opt/directory /usr/local/directory /etc/directory
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find . -name .\* | tar cvf ../filename.tar -T - |
A bunch of old home directories, that you want to tar up by making sure you get all the hidden .files/directories
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<span style="font-size: 13px;">Say your home directories were.. <span style="font-size: 13px;">/home/user1 <span style="font-size: 13px;">/home/user2 <span style="font-size: 13px;">/home/user3 <span style="font-size: 13px;">and so on.. <span style="font-size: 13px;">And you wanted to tar up all the home directories to /opt/oldhome</span></span></span></span></span></span> |
cd /home
for i in *; Â do cd $i; find . -name .\*| tar cvf /opt/oldhome/$i.tar -T-; cd ..;done
