Re: [gentoo-user] ssh and tar combined?

[John Jolet]

On Dec 30, 2005, at 9:21 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:22:26 -0600, John Jolet wrote:
>
>> or ssh sourcebox "tar -czvf - /path/to/be/backed/up" | dd
>> of=target.tar.gz
>
> tar outputs to stdout be default, so "-f -" is redundant, as is the
> use
> of dd. All you need is
>
> ssh hostname tar cf /source/path >backup.tar.gz
>
hmm, I'm not sure this behavior is consistent across all versions of  
tar and all versions of ssh.  I could be wrong, but the process I  
outlined will work on linux, aix, solaris, bsd, at least (those are  
the ones i've tested).  but hey, I could be wrong...just because  
method a works doesn't mean it's the only method...that's the beauty  
of unix.
>
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> Neil Bothwick
>
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