On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 04:40:12PM +0100, Albe Laurenz wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> >> I don't think that particular example is a good one since the
> >> whole point of the archive is that it should be off-server. If
> >> we're going to be exact about the example then we should give a
> >> more realistic one, like using scp. Unfortunately, there is no
> >> secure-remote-move command, so doing the above with scp would
> >> resend the whole file 3 times. I think it's better to write a
> >> script...
> >
> > The problem is that most people do copy the stuff straight out of
> > the documentation. And for those that do write a separate script,
> > there are still a lot of possibilities to get it wrong.
> >
> > There are only about a handful of transportation protocols
> > appearing in practice, so it would be very helpful to provide
> > carefully reviewed scripts or recipes for these.
>
> I'll try to come up with something, but it will take some time; an
> impending addition to the family currently has priority...
You understand that this means you need to provide blue-elephant-themed
photos, right?
Congratulations! :)
Cheers,
David.
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