Backing up a remote SSH server

[Jason Clinton]

I have a few clients that need weekly backups. I manage their servers
remotely and I though I'd post this helpful little tip that Hal helped
me with:

$ ssh -2C -l [username] "tar -cj [remote directory]" >
/localpath/[Client's Name]-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.bz2

It could, of course, be dropped in your crontab, too. Also, make sure
your client has a nice upload speed or this could take a while. I use
this to back up samba shares.

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