Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 00:47:28 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: George Georgalis <george@galis.org> Cc: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>, "Scott M. Nolde" <scott@smnolde.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: find | cpio syntax [use scp] Message-ID: <20020328224728.GB3044@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <20020328160724.K15459@trot.haven.dom> References: <20020327215404.A39175@smnolde.com> <20020328005735.D97853-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> <20020328192151.GA1528@hades.hell.gr> <20020328160724.K15459@trot.haven.dom>
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On 2002-03-28 16:07, George Georgalis wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 09:21:51PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> >
> >I customarily use ssh to copy files over ssh links:
> >
> > $ tar cvf - . | gzip -9c | ssh -T user@host 'mkdir foo ; cd foo ; gzip -cd | tar xf -'
> >
> >The trick is to properly quote the ssh command, so that it's not executed
> >by the local shell :-)
>
> I wouldn't mind seeing a translation using cpio, since I understand it can preserve more attributes. I tried but...
>
> doesn't work: find /var/tmp -print | cpio -oa | gzip -9c | ssh -T root@fait 'mkdir /tmp/foo ; cd /tmp/foo ; gzip | cpio -i'
You missed the -cd options to the second gzip invocation (the one within
the quotes).
Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project
keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr} http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/
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