Hello, Sometimes I have a bunch of data that I want to transfer from source to destination over ssh, but I want to tar it up on the way over (that is, I don't have enough space on the source to create a tarball of the data and then just scp the tarball over...)
I do that like this: tar cf - /files | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] "cat > /usr/home/user/file_data2.tar" or if I want to split it into multiple files: tar cf - /files | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] "split - -b 1024m /usr/home/user/file_data2.tar" This works just fine. ----- My question is, what if I want to initiate this process from the destination machine ? In the above example, I am on the source machine, and I ssh to the destination, making the tar files as it goes. What if, instead, I am logged into the destination machine, and I want to do the same thing - all from the destination machine ? That is, I know that there is a directory /files on the source that I want, and I have a login to ssh them to me, but I do not want to logon to the source - I want to suck /files to me, but also tar them up on the way. Is that possible ? rsync/rdist are not available. I need to do this over ssh and tar, as in the above examples. thanks! _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"