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What Operating System and version is the source computer?
What Operating System and version is the object computer?

One line? Use semicolons !

Which man tar has B?

If you want simple, with compression, something like this (might be scp, might be -C): scp2 -rpd +C /top_dir1 /top_dri2 /top_dir3 remote_host:/

A Google tells me rcp never has compression, but rsync does.

The single tar ssh stream:
It turns out cp/*cp/rcp/scp/scp2 -r use cpio, which also has a local pass option, somewhat redundant to cp -r, but choice is good.

What exactly does "an empty /" mean?

Good question -- is this more a "clone host bypassing package installation" question?

citaylor,

Thanks very, very much. I'm going to try your script between two hosts today. One (final I hope) question. Where I said *transfer* I should have said *copy*. Will the tar script copy the files or will it actually move the files and directories from the old host to the new host? Thanks again.............. Blaine



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citaylor,

Thanks very, very much for the help. I'll try the tar script today. One final (I hope) question... Will the tar script *copy* the files and directories actually *move* them from the old host to the new one?
Thanks again! Blaine

tar will copy - the originating host is untouched.

Methyl,

Both old host and new host are RHEL 3.0.

Thanks for your assistance!
Blaine



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methyl,

I guess I should have been more explicit... the old host has a subdirectory /usr/local/coremobility/... with multiple files and subdirectories and files. I need to copy theses files and subdirectories onto the new host.

Thanks again!

Blaine



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DGPickett,

Please see the post I made to methyl for the description of files and subdirectories I need to transfer from old host to new host. Sorry for the ambiguity!

Thanks...

Blaine



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citaylor...

Thanks.. I'll give it a shot today!

Blaine



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All,

I'd love to use scp but I understand that it doesn't follow links? Also, I am root on both machines. Bandwidth and CPU on either machine and the network are not an issue. If anyone thinks rsync is the way to go, I'm game. Then the question becomes how do I use rsync?

Sorry for the seemingly idiotic questions but I'm a little lost here.

. Thanks!

Blaine



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citaylor,

So, in order to copy files and directories from oldhost to newhost I should execute:

Code:

root@newhost tar -cBpf - /usr/local/coremobility | ssh root@oldhost "tar -xBpf - "

?

Or do I have the hosts backwords?

Thanks.

My apologies in advance for being so dim and if I accidentally embedded the code line into the body of the test.

Blaine