Robert Heller wrote, On 08/12/2010 09:18 AM: > At Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:05:25 -0700 CentOS mailing list <centos@centos.org> > wrote: > >> On 08/12/2010 05:33 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: >>> Why do you need any other process involved to work with a data stream? If >>> you >>> want to collect it to a remote file, you can | ssh remotehost 'cat> >>> path_to_file'. Just be sure to quote the redirection so it happens on the >>> remote side. >>> >>> >> At a guess it's the compression he is after. Over a slow link it could >> make a substantial difference. > > Just add gzip (or bzip2) to the pipeline: > > program | bzip2 | ssh -q remote-host 'bunzip2 | remote-program' > >
or even easier (though maybe not as good a compression as bzip would get if dealing with text only) program | ssh -C -q remote-host 'remote-program' -- Todd Denniston Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
