Peter Humphrey writes:
> On Monday 27 December 2010 15:47:19 Dale wrote:
> > Some people do use tar especially if it is over a network or
> > something like that. I don't have the command tho since I never
> > used it.
>
> Just for completeness:
>
> (cd [source] && tar cpf - . | (cd [dest] && tar xpf - ) )
>
> (I think).
>
> Would someone here please tell me what the rhs should be if the
> destination is at the other end of a network link?
What Maciej said. Or, for greater security when the destination is outside
the LAN:
cd [source] & tar xpf - . | ssh [us...@[host] 'cd [dest] && tar xpf -'
There's also the -C option for tar to change the directory, but it's not
really needed.
Wonko
