From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "David Jackson" Subject: Backups the old fashioned why Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 16:40:33 -0600 Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <200205141640.AA175177978@wcox.com> Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org Cc: jimintriglia@yahoo.com Howdy -- Simple situation, how to back up servers across a phone line (network): I want to backup meatloaf to a tape drive attached to gravy using a dialup connection. Can I specify a hostname as part of the device? For instance on meatloaf: find . -depth -print |cpio -o > gravy:/dev/rmt0 TIA, David