.tar.gz pipe (lost Kurt's email)

[Shawn Tayler]

tar zcfv - files/directories_to_be archived |  ssh server_to_store_tar.gz_on "cat > file.tar.gz"

Have your id and ssh id credentials setup ahead of time so no passwd is needed.

Shawn

On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 07:54:20 -0700 Ken Moffat <kmoffat at drizzle.com>
exclaimed:

> I saved an email (I think from Kurt) that had a way to pipe a tar.gz
> backup from one computer to another in one step. Anyone have that handy?
> 
> -- 
> ken
> 
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