since tar can be a device, and ssh open a port can i use straight device to device using both engines ?
--- On Thu, 10/16/08, John Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: John Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: reliable, dd over simple ip network > To: misc@openbsd.org > Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008, 12:26 PM > Maybe the simplest usage: > > tar cfz - /somedir | ssh somehost "dd > of=/somefile.tgz" > > John > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:42:17AM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty > wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 09:28:56PM -0700, Neko wrote: > > > > > since my partitions have 16% free on all systems, > i cant tarball the > > > drive sent it to target machine and uncompress, > > > > Tarball it up, pipe the output somewhere, eg via ssh > > > > (disclaimer: untested; concept only) > > > > [tar commands, to stdout] | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] "cat > - [tar commands to > > untar the ball] or > tarball.tgz > > > > Or use rsync? > > > > Doug.