Re: [BackupPC-users] Problems to backup tar: Tar exited with error 65280

[Pedro C. <ped...@gm...>]

Thanks again Tino, I've stopped the backup.

If i type this command (with - - C)

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

I get this error:
/bin/tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive

How can make a tar more brave? ;P

Thanks!

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Tino Schwarze <bac...@ti...> wrote:
> 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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