| Command |
Description |
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# find /var/log -name '*.log' | tar cv --files-from=- | bzip2 > log.tar.bz2 |
find all files with '.log' extention and make an bzip archive [man] |
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# find /home/user1 -name '*.txt' | xargs cp -av --target-directory=/home/backup/ --parents |
find and copy all files with '.txt' extention from a directory to another [man] |
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# dd bs=1M if=/dev/hda | gzip | ssh user@ip_addr 'dd of=hda.gz' |
make a backup of a local hard disk on remote host via ssh [man] |
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# dd if=/dev/sda of=/tmp/file1 |
backup content of the harddrive to a file [man] |
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# dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1 |
make a copy of MBR (Master Boot Record) to floppy [man] |
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# dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 |
restore MBR from backup copy saved to floppy [man] |
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# dump -0aj -f /tmp/home0.bak /home |
make a full backup of directory '/home' [man] |
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# dump -1aj -f /tmp/home0.bak /home |
make a incremental backup of directory '/home' [man] |
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# restore -if /tmp/home0.bak |
restoring a backup interactively [man] |
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# rsync -rogpav --delete /home /tmp |
synchronization between directories [man] |
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# rsync -rogpav -e ssh --delete /home ip_address:/tmp |
rsync via SSH tunnel [man] |
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# rsync -az -e ssh --delete ip_addr:/home/public /home/local |
synchronize a local directory with a remote directory via ssh and compression [man] |
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# rsync -az -e ssh --delete /home/local ip_addr:/home/public |
synchronize a remote directory with a local directory via ssh and compression [man] |
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# tar -Puf backup.tar /home/user |
make a incremental backup of directory '/home/user' [man] |
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# ( cd /tmp/local/ && tar c . ) | ssh -C user@ip_addr 'cd /home/share/ && tar x -p' |
copy content of a directory on remote directory via ssh [man] |
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# ( tar c /home ) | ssh -C user@ip_addr 'cd /home/backup-home && tar x -p' |
copy a local directory on remote directory via ssh [man] |
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# tar cf - . | (cd /tmp/backup ; tar xf - ) |
local copy preserving permits and links from a directory to another [man] |
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