move config files from one server to another

[Ugo Bellavance]

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Marco Obaid [mailto:marco at MUW.EDU]
> Envoyé : Tuesday, October 21, 2003 12:33 PM
> À : MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Objet : Re: move config files from one server to another
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > I'm sorry to ask that, but could you give me the switches 
> for tar (to create
> > the archive)?  I've never done any recursive backup with 
> tar yet... just want
> > to make sure.
> 
> On your test server:
> ********************
> cd /etc
> tar -cvf /tmp/ms-backup.tar ./MailScanner
> 
> This will tar MailScanner directory to a file ms-backup.tar 
> and place the tar
> file in /tmp
> 
> Now transfer ms-backup.tar to your new server and place it in /etc
> 
>  On your new server:
> *********************
> cd /etc
> tar -xvf ms-backup.tar
> 
> 
> 
> Hope this helps
> Marco
Yes, it helps me so much!  I'll keep this message carefully.
Thanks a lot!

Ugo