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