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 <chapter id="backups">
@@ -284,7 +284,19 @@ sa0(ncr1:4:0):  Logical unit is in process of becoming ready</screen>
       
       <para>&man.cpio.1; does not support backups across the network.  You can
 	use a pipeline and &man.rsh.1; to send the data to a remote tape
-	drive.  (XXX add an example command)</para>
+	drive.</para>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>for f in <replaceable>directory_list; do</replaceable></userinput>
+<userinput>find $f >> backup.list</userinput>
+<userinput>done</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>cpio -v -o --format=newc < backup.list | ssh <replaceable>user</replaceable>@<replaceable>host</replaceable> "cat > <replaceable>backup_device</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>Where <replaceable>directory_list</replaceable> is the list of
+	directories you want to back up,
+	<replaceable>user</replaceable>@<replaceable>host</replaceable> is the
+	user/hostname combination that will be performing the backups, and
+	<replaceable>backup_device</replaceable> is where the backups should
+	be written to (e.g., <filename>/dev/nrsa0</filename>).</para>
     </sect2>
     
     <sect2>