BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] Question regarding BackupPC_tarPCCopy

2008-09-09 21:04:59
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Question regarding BackupPC_tarPCCopy
From: dan <dandenson AT gmail DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 19:04:51 -0600
screen

then run command

when it is running, do a Ctrl-A then D  which will disconnect that screen.

to get back to it, do
screen -R



On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) <nils AT lemonbit DOT com> wrote:
Hendrik Friedel wrote:

> This takes ages, which is ok, but I'm logged in to the server via
> ssh, so
> that using the nohup command would be useful. This has the drawback,
> that
> the nohup.out is empty, so that I cannot monitor the process.

Install screen and see 'man screen'. Other than that I believe the
general advice for moving your BackupPC data is to use dd and
filesystem resize tools instead of programs that operate on files and
links, which - as you are experiencing - can take forever.

Nils Breunese.

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