[plug] Remote backup of SMB mounted NTFS drive

[Bill Kenworthy]

or:

wdk at Ralph ~ $ smbtar
Usage: smbtar [<options>] [<include/exclude files>]
Function: backup/restore a Windows PC directories to a local tape file
Options:         (Description)                 (Default)
  -r             Restore from tape file to PC  Save from PC to tapefile
  -i             Incremental mode              Full backup mode
  -a             Reset archive bit mode        Don't reset archive bit
  -v             Verbose mode: echo command    Don't echo anything
  -s <server>    Specify PC Server
  -p <password>  Specify PC Password
  -x <share>     Specify PC Share              backup
  -X             Exclude mode                  Include
  -N <newer>     File for date comparison
  -b <blocksize> Specify tape's blocksize
  -d <dir>       Specify a directory in share  \
  -l <log>       Specify a Samba Log Level     2
  -u <user>      Specify User Name             wdk
  -t <tape>      Specify Tape device           tar.out
 
Please enter a command line parameter!
wdk at Ralph ~ $  


Russell Steicke wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 01:53:42PM +0800, Earnshaw, Mike wrote:
> > database to a spare drive, I have the smb connect mounted on my linux
> > box, but I don't appear to get tar working.
> 
> Rather than mounting the share and using tar directly, have you looked at
> the -T option to smbclient?  It can create a tar archive without having to
> mount the filesystem on your local machine.
> 
> --
> Russell Steicke
> 
> -- Fortune says:
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