Linux to Solaris copying

[Niranjan_10]

Team,

I am not getting the proper syntax of the command. Basically I want to copy a file system from Solaris to Linux. Example:/oracle. The rsh from solaris to linux is working fine for root. I am using the command

#tar cvf - /oracle ; rsh 10.24.200.108 ( cd /oracle - tar xvf )

[Roberto Polli]

#tar cvf - /oracle | rsh 10.24.200.108 (cd /oracle && tar xvf -)

[Roberto Polli]

the "real cool" linux cmd is

tar cvf - /oracle| rsh 10.24.200.108 "tar -C /oracle -xvf -"

it works on Tru64 too. Don't know on solaris.

Anyway gnu-tar (aka gtar) is able to rsh automatically while tarring (ex
tar cf - solarishost:/oracle |tar -C /tgt/dir/ -tvf -

look@man

peace,r

[Niranjan_10]

Hi Roberto,

Thanks for your reply.
If I run the below command on solaris
[tar cvf - /oracle | rsh 10.24.200.108 (cd /oracle && tar xvf -)] i am getting the following error...
"syntax error: `(' unexpected"

But the Second command works with a little modification as below..
[tar cvf - /oracle | rsh 10.24.200.108 "tar -C / -xvf -"].
With your original syntax it creates another folder by name oracle under /oracle and copies the data. Thanks for the inputs. Will rate it.

[Roberto Polli · Accepted solution]

just one warning: using tar in / dir. is not a real safe thing.

Check on man about using correctly the -C optins and test it untill you're really sure about its work.
Remember also that options work differently between different OS'es so always check man.

to make the parenthesis work enclose'em in ""
so

tar cvf - ./dir|rsh host "(cd /path/to1 && tar tvf -)"
should me the more platform-independent cmd

Peace, r.

[Niranjan_10]

the last command works perfectly fine. Thankyou roberto polli