Talk:OpenSSH/Cookbook/Automated Backup

related links for tar & others
Ubuntu manpage https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/man1/tar.1.html

debian package https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=tar

archlinux https://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/tar/ freebsd https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bsdtar&sektion=1&manpath=freebsd-release-ports

bugs in debian tar https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=tar;dist=unstable download tar for buster https://packages.debian.org/buster/tar

for windows outdated http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gtar.htm bundled tar on Windows 10, maybe undesirable because -> updates updated for now https://www.7-zip.org/ because https://superuser.com/questions/244703/how-can-i-run-the-tar-czf-command-in-windows

different tar implementations? https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/101561/what-are-the-differences-between-bsdtar-and-gnu-tar

consider adding the similar stuff for openssh https://www.openssh.com/, rsync, powershell, zsh, etc. and flesh out relevant sections in book. the shells are for automating the backups, and thus are relevant. different OS may have different bugs, complete source code to trace bugs is a valuable resource. don't ignore copyright and licenses, obviously. but also be resourceful in overcoming challenges. https://stackoverflow.com/legal/terms-of-service#licensing Retow324 (discuss • contribs) 01:44, 2 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks. They are rather useful points and I even considered most of those, except the April Fools' joke hidden there in the middle, prior to the first upload.  Specifically, I decided three things back then:  The first is to focus exclusively on OpenSSH and only touch on the additional utilities where OpenSSH is concerned, and even then from the perspective of the SSH client or server.  The second is to use OpenBSD as much as possible as the reference implementation since that is where the cutting edge development for OpenSSH is happening, at least for now.  There will be some things for GNU/Linux but when I can I stay with the reference implementation.  The last point is an extension of the first and that is to stay with systems which have official ports of OpenSSH not forks, hostile or otherwise, or competitors.  And I find it important to stick with these three decisions in order for the Wikibook on OpenSSH to remain focused.


 * So if there is some particular trick or method specific to combining some of those tools with OpenSSH, please elaborate. Otherwise, if you can point to a decent start for a WikiBook on shell scripting or on general *NIX then let's implement some of those ideas there.  Larsnooden (discuss • contribs) 04:01, 2 April 2020 (UTC)