> -----Original Message----- > From: John Jolet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28 December 2005 14:22 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ssh and tar combined? > > > > On Dec 28, 2005, at 2:04 AM, Alexander Skwar wrote: > > > Mick schrieb: > > > >> Ideally I would like to connect and tar | scp the directories/ > >> files from one > >> box to another in a single motion. > > > > Use ssh instead: > > > > tar | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] "cat > foo.tar" > > > or ssh sourcebox "tar -czvf - /path/to/be/backed/up" | dd > of=target.tar.gz > > this will ssh into the other box, create the tar to stdout, pipe > stdout from the ssh stream to dd, who's default input is stdin, and > output the file.
Thanks Alexander, I'll try it out when I get home. -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
