Re: tar & ssh: strange gzip error message?

2004-03-30 Thread Joshua Lokken
* Zev Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-30 11:14]: > Hi all, > > If I want to copy a bunch of files over ssh without extra servers, it's > easy enough to use the following command: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] "cd /directory/to/copy && tar -cvf > - *" | tar -xf - -C . > > Th

tar & ssh: strange gzip error message?

2004-03-30 Thread Zev Thompson
Hi all, If I want to copy a bunch of files over ssh without extra servers, it's easy enough to use the following command: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] "cd /directory/to/copy && tar -cvf - *" | tar -xf - -C . This works without complaint. However, when I change the options passed to