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From: Lares Moreau <lares.moreau@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ssh and tar combined?
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 00:12:55
Message-Id: 1135728435.7402.41.camel@localhost
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] ssh and tar combined? by Mick
1 On Tue, 2005-12-27 at 23:53 +0000, Mick wrote:
2 > Hi All,
3 >
4 > One day I hope to learn how to use ssh and the associated commands. So far
5 > I have been struggling just to copy a file from one box (192.168.0.3) to
6 > another (192.168.0.2). This is what I get, but and since I can't find the
7 > 'copied' file . . . I suspect it fails. I don't understand why:
8 > ==================================
9 > # ssh root@192.168.0.3
10 > Password:
11 > root@2[~]# scp -pv root@192.168.0.3:/mnt/sda14/sda10_home.tar .
12 --CUT---
13 >
14 > Ideally I would like to connect and tar | scp the directories/files from one
15 > box to another in a single motion. Any advice to help me understand how to
16 > make this work, or why the above attempt fails would be much appreciated.
17 > --
18 > Regards,
19 > Mick
20 >
21
22 scp is used in the same manner you use cp. It seems that you have ssh'd
23 into your other box then are trying to scp to yourself.
24
25 try this.
26 comp1# scp root@<comp2>:/path/to/file.tar /path/to/local/
27 this will cp from <comp2> to <comp1> :)
28
29 -Lares
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