On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 08:18:58AM -1000, Joseph Dane wrote:
> >>>>> "Alexander" == Alexander List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Alexander> You might also consider the tip posted before to use rsync
> Alexander> (rsync -e ssh) to transfer entire directory structures,
>
> or, since ssh will read from stdin, you can alter the old tar|tar
> trick to copy a directory tree:
>
> here$ cd srcdir
> here$ tar cf - . | ssh there 'cd dstdir; tar xf -'
or even
here$ tar cf - . | ssh there tar xCf dstdir -
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