From: Boris P. <bor...@gm...> - 2006-08-07 18:26:28
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Why not to use dd and count feature? I have a script which creates defined "small pieces" of a large file. Then you can do everything you want with them. BTW - FTP backup is very unsecure. Do you really want to give me all your data? Better way is to choose some another company for webhosting. Boris On 8/7/06, Pat Erler <mai...@pa...> wrote: > > On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 20:04:14 +0200, Jamie Cameron <jca...@we...> > wrote: > > > The tricky part is the way the remote transfer comment (ssh, rsh or > some > > FTP script) is called by the tar comment. Basically it gets fed all the > > data as input, and so doesn't have much opportunity to split it up. > > > > If I was creating a totally new backup module I'd have more flexibility, > > but since the Filesystem Backup module works by calling the tar and dump > > commands I have to fit in with the way they do things :( > ok, i see.. maybe in a later rewrite you can use perl modules.. > > until then, let me come up with the another rather strange sounding idea - > pause the tar prozess (somehow like ctrl-z) transfer stuff to the remote > server and delete what has been transfered, unpause the tar process (fg ;) > ) and let it do until another amount of data is tared. ok, this idea is > not wholehearted serious ;) > > PAT > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > - > Forwarded by the Webmin mailing list at > web...@li... > To remove yourself from this list, go to > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webadmin-list > |