Linux and data storage?

[nick G]

It is really hard to corrupt a zip file.  There are no risks involved.  And 
If you create a zip, you don't have to delete what is in your home directory 
anyway...Or so I believe.  Your welcome to correct me, go on, do it!
Thanks,
Nick
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karen Lewellen" <klewellen at shellworld.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: Linux and data storage?


> *we* agreed on no such thing.
> I have no intention of risking a zip of any of these files, nor do i want 
> to have to create alist.
> I want a direct uninterrupted transfer of the entire contents of  my home 
> directory here minus the shellworld programs themselves to a directory so 
> created on the ftp area of my site to so store them as a backup.
> no one said anything about ziping anything.
> Tar was s mentioned before you came in this morning yes.
>
>
> On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Janina Sajka wrote:
>
>> I don't know how sftp would be better?
>>
>> 1.) You can specify a file mask to transfer multiple files with scp.
>>
>> 2.) You can specify multiple source files with scp, and do so in one
>> command where sftp would require you to do one at a time if you didn't
>> use a file mask.
>>
>> And, didn't we agree that the better strategy would be to tar and either
>> bun or gun zip the archive first?
>>
>> Luke Davis writes:
>>> On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Luke Yelavich wrote:
>>>
>>>> The tools I am thinking of, are the SSH suite of tools, particularly 
>>>> one
>>>> command being scp. This command allows you to copy data securely over a
>>>> network connection, by means of encryption.
>>>
>>> sftp, might be a better option, for several files.
>>>
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