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Peter Humphrey writes: |
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> On Monday 27 December 2010 15:47:19 Dale wrote: |
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> > Some people do use tar especially if it is over a network or |
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> > something like that. I don't have the command tho since I never |
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> > used it. |
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> Just for completeness: |
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> (cd [source] && tar cpf - . | (cd [dest] && tar xpf - ) ) |
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> (I think). |
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> Would someone here please tell me what the rhs should be if the |
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> destination is at the other end of a network link? |
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What Maciej said. Or, for greater security when the destination is outside |
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the LAN: |
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cd [source] & tar xpf - . | ssh [user]@[host] 'cd [dest] && tar xpf -' |
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There's also the -C option for tar to change the directory, but it's not |
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really needed. |
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Wonko |
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