Re: [Sheflug] Piping through scp

[Pieter Meiring <nospam [at] libertysurf.co.uk>]

On Friday 23 February 2001 10:06 pm, you wrote:
> Can anyone tell me (or suggest alternatives) of a way to tar up
> directories and pipe them on the fly through scp to another machine?

Try:

tar c <filespec> | ssh remotehostname tar x

Pieter
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