You can &#x27;dd&#x27; from Unix to the cloud ... well, some clouds ...<p><pre><code>  pg_dump -U postgres db | ssh user@rsync.net &quot;dd of=db_dump&quot;

  mysqldump -u mysql db | ssh user@rsync.net &quot;dd of=db_dump&quot;
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... although these days, now that we support attic and borg[1], nobody does things like this anymore.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rsync.net&#x2F;products&#x2F;attic.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rsync.net&#x2F;products&#x2F;attic.html</a>