we use gzip

diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index a16ca3fb3e65512b35c587a585cab4f7f2da4a53..4d8565bea85cefd208d9338f9ffa59feadbdef14 100755 (executable)
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ backup()
  #    file and build a file list, respectivly.  
  TARFILE=$DATE.tmp
  TARCMD="ssh root@$computer \"$tar --one-file-system -zcf - -C $filesystem . $lastcmd \
-       --exclude-from=$exf\" | pee \"cat > $TARFILE\" \"tar tvf -\""
+       --exclude-from=$exf\" | pee \"cat > $TARFILE\" \"tar tzvf -\""
  echo `date`" $computer: Running $TARCMD" >&2
  eval $TARCMD > $DATE.idx