On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 14:47, Ross Werner wrote: > On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, Von Fugal wrote: > > > Another variation on the classic tar/ssh combo > > > > ssh remote tar -czf /path/name | tar -xzf > > Doesn't ssh already use compression when sending data? Or is gunzip > preferable to ssh's compression?
Only if you tell it to. I think the command line switch is -c. From what I read ssh's compression is only a time saver if you are on a slow modem link. I wonder if the above really saves you any time either. Bryan ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
