Re: [cobalt-users] ftpbackup

["H.P. Stroebel" <hpstr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike Fritsch schrieb:

> /bin/tar cfp - /home/spool | gzip | /usr/local/bin/ftpbackup -h
> 255.255.255.0 -u user name -p password -b home-spool.tar.gz
> /bin/tar: Removing leading `/' from absolute path names in the archive
> Broken pipe

the pipe is the "|" symbol in your command line; it "redirects" gzip`s
output to ftpbackup`s input. if ftpbackup fails for some reason,
ftpbackup refuses to accept input from gzip; so to gzip the pipe seems
to be broken (it does not work), and it complains about that.

check the error code ftpbackup is returning (you DID read the
instructions, did you ?) to see what happens. maybe the space on your
backup server 255.255.255.0 is full ?

you can manually ftp to your backup server (read "man ftp" before) and
try to transfer a file to see what is happening if you`re not
experienced with checking returned error codes.

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