I'm going to do a major work on a file system,
how do I backup/restore the file system to/from
another system (using ssh to login).

Thanks,
M.J.

· Mitch J. <tsmclcenbt@comcast.net>:

> I'm going to do a major work on a file system,

Like?

> how do I backup/restore the file system to/from
> another system (using ssh to login).

Generic answer: Create a tar (or cpio) file, eg. like so (run
from "another system"):

Backup:
ssh host "cd /file-system ; tar cf - ." > file-system.tar
Restore:
ssh host "cd /file-system ; tar xf -" < file-system.tar

A more specific answer depends on what tools you've got
available and on what file-system type (eg. ZFS vs. UFS vs. ...)
you've got and what you've actually want to do.

Alexander Skwar
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On Mar 26, 10:59 am, "Mitch J." <tsmclce...@comcast.net> wrote:
> I'm going to do a major work on a file system,
> how do I backup/restore the file system to/from
> another system (using ssh to login).
>
> Thanks,
> M.J.

I would say you should go for the ufsdump for taking backup and then
ufsrestore for restoring the backup again and in between you need to
ftp the backup file on another system .


that's compact and elegent way to backups.

regards,

Moody