Re: Preferred Backup Method?
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On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 03:35:46PM -0800, David Brodbeck wrote:
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> On Dec 5, 2007, at 3:16 PM, Michael Pobega wrote:
>> tar cvvf foo.tar bar | ssh user@dest "cat > foo.tar"
>>
>> Or am I doing it wrong (I most likely am)? I've never done any sort of
>> piping through SSH before, so any sort of help would be appreciated.
>
> You're close. Try this:
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> tar cvvf - bar | ssh -e none user@dest "cat >foo.tar"
>
> Using - as the filename tells tar to output to stdout. "-e none" disables
> SSH's escape character, making the session fully transparent -- otherwise
> SSH will go into command mode if your tar output happens to contain a line
> that starts with ~.
>
Very nice. I'll be trying this when I get home; Although before I
attempt this I'll probably attempt to install OpenBSD on my other
laptop -- But that's a whole 'nother story.
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