Re: scp from stdin
Carel Fellinger wrote: On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 04:10:17PM -0600, Brian McGroarty wrote: Is there a way to pipe input to a file on a remote host via scp? i.e. tar cz ~user | scp ??? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:outfile.tgz I think not directly, but you could try: $ tar cz ~user | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'umask 077 cat outfile.tgz' ofcourse umask is futile if the file allready exists:( Well, try tempfile: $ tar cz ~user | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ 'umask 077 OUT=$(tempfile -d ~/ -p out -s .tgz) cat $OUT' -- Justin B Rye - writing from but not for Datacash Ltd
Re: scp from stdin
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 09:40:37AM +, Justin B Rye wrote: ... Well, try tempfile: $ tar cz ~user | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ 'umask 077 OUT=$(tempfile -d ~/ -p out -s .tgz) cat $OUT' Neat, finally a question simple enough for me to anwser and as a reward I get to learn some neat thing too! Never used it before, so some reading up to do (Oh how I love Debina GNU/Linux with all its docs:)... nice nice seems safe, but... Bypasses umask alltogether, and assumes TMPDIR is unset, so nitpickingly we could do with: $ tar cz ~user | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ 'unset TMPDIR cat $(tempfile -d ~/ -p out. -s .tgz)' -- groetjes, carel
scp from stdin
Is there a way to pipe input to a file on a remote host via scp? i.e. tar cz ~user | scp ??? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:outfile.tgz
Re: scp from stdin
Brian McGroarty wrote: Is there a way to pipe input to a file on a remote host via scp? i.e. tar cz ~user | scp ??? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:outfile.tgz Not according to its manual page. Try this: tar cz ~user | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] cat outfile.tgz (You put the remote command in quotes so that its redirection doesn't get handled by your local shell.) -- Oliver Elphick[EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP: 1024R/32B8FAA1: 97 EA 1D 47 72 3F 28 47 6B 7E 39 CC 56 E4 C1 47 GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C The earth is the LORD'S, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. Psalms 24:1
Re: scp from stdin
On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 04:10:17PM -0600, Brian McGroarty wrote: Is there a way to pipe input to a file on a remote host via scp? i.e. tar cz ~user | scp ??? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:outfile.tgz I think not directly, but you could try: $ tar cz ~user | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'umask 077 cat outfile.tgz' ofcourse umask is futile if the file allready exists:( -- groetjes, carel
