I always use
srchost% cd /srcdir
srchost% tar cf - . | ssh desthost "cd /destdir; tar xBf -"
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From: "Lindsay Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 5:10 AM
Subject: copying a file system across the network
>
> Past messages have detailed how to copy a file system from one drive to
> another, but now I need to do it across the network. Of course I need to
> preserve soft and hard links and device files.
>
> I do have a tape device here, but at 525Mb it's nowhere near big enough
> for the job. I have ssh but not rsh.
>
> Is there a straight-forward way of doing this? Thanks for any pointers.
>
> Lindsay
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