>>>>> "Russell" == Russell Senior <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>>>> "Karl" == Karl M Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Russell> c) if I am doing this between machines, I can pipe it through ssh Russell> thusly: Russell> tar -C /srcdir -clf - . | ssh targethost 'tar -C /targetdir -xpf -' Russell> or Russell> ssh targethost 'tar -C /srcdir -clf - .' | tar -C /targetdir -xpf - This will be faster, I think... Am I right? (I've not time to test right now.) # tar -C /srcdir/.. -clf - srcdir | ssh targethost 'buffer -m 8m -p 75 | tar -C /landingzone -xpf -' Note that the buffer is running on the other end. If the link is slow, you may want to use the -C option to "ssh", or put that in you ~/.ssh/config for that host. -- mailto: (Karl M. Hegbloom) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.microsharp.com phone://USA/WA/360-260-2066 jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED]