Red Hat

Hi all,
i need to backup files on network from RHEL 4 machine
tape drive is installed on solaris 10 machine and want ot use this
using
# tar cv /myfiles |ssh -l myuser myhost 'buffer -o /dev/rmt/0 "
to backup these file but getting getting error " sh buffer not found '
even "buffer-1.19-1" package in installed and available in path and command is working.

whats the way out nad can i user some other method to backup my files on linux machine on tape

With Thanx
Ajay s

Your buffer utility might not be in your remote shell's non-interactive PATH. You could use the full pathname in your command line so it finds it, like so:

tar cf .... | ssh .... "/usr/local/bin/buffer -o /dev/rmt..."

If it happens to live in /usr/local/bin. You can find out where it is by typing "which buffer" (in csh-like shells) or "type buffer" (in bash-like shells).

Personally, I use dd, but to each his own.

Is the default file generally STDOUT these days? It's been so long. In any case wouldn't it be safer to do tar cvf - .....
I generally use dd as well.