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Subject: Re: how do i scp .dotfiles??
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On 27 August 2010 20:13, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:21:12 -0500, Gary Gatten <Ggatten@waddell.com>
> wrote:
> > Rename them, copy, then rename them back?
>
> Not good for a whole bunch of files; in this case: tar them together,
> transfer the archive, untar it; rename afterwards if needed. :-)
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or

sudo tar cf - /somepath | ssh x@y " sudo tar xvf - -C somepath "

I agree with other posts though rsync is the easiest