Re: [flexbackup-help] ahhh.. tar option not working.. help?

[Edwin H. <ed...@co...>]

[ Jamie Harper wrote: ]
> I'm trying to implement the newest version of flexbackup to backup my 
> Solaris Machines to a linux machine. I've installed and configured it, but 
> it's given me problems with every archive type. My preference would be tar 
> since I'm backing up to a hard drive, not a tape drive, but zip would also 
> work fine for me. I've included what I get when I try to backup a simple 
> small directory on a remote Solaris machine.
> 
> The error seems to be saying that tar doesn't have an -a flag, but I don't 
> seem to see one being asked for in the command line, but then again this 
> command is too complicated for me to fully understand.
> 
> I'll also include my flexbackup.conf at the end of this message so you can 
> see how I've got it configured. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.


If you want to use "tar" as the archiver, you need to use GNU tar.


Try "pax" if you don't want to install anything additional on the Solaris
box - it should be there, and should be commandline compatible across
platforms.


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