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From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:02:43 +0100
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Subject: Re: how do i scp .dotfiles??
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On 30 August 2010 18:37, krad <kraduk@googlemail.com> wrote:
> 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. :-)
>
> or
>
> sudo tar cf - /somepath | ssh x@y " sudo tar xvf - -C somepath "
>
> I agree with other posts though rsync is the easiest


Why sudo with tar?

Chris