backing up linux server to a samba share

[Alex Satrapa]

On Thursday, October 17, 2002, at 10:38 , Russell Weatherburn wrote:

> My question is, am I able to do this?  Or would I be better off using
> something like tar to archive the files on the linux system, and then
> move them over to the samba share?

You'd be much better off tarring locally and feathering remotely.  
Sorry, having a bad-humour day.

Tar is designed for doing backups (Tape ARchive is where tar comes 
from).  There are packages out there that some people prefer - such as 
cpio.

HTH
Alex
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