Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 19:19:35 +0200 From: Jo Geraerts <geraerts.jo@skynet.be> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What would be the best way to copy lots of files from one server to another. Message-ID: <20030622171935.GA14742@ernie.lan.net> In-Reply-To: <20030622185431.79d8c0de.Alexander@Leidinger.net> References: <200306181340.06730.etienne@unix.za.org> <20030622185431.79d8c0de.Alexander@Leidinger.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 06:54:31PM +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Not mentioned yet: > cd /path/to/root/of/files && tar -cf - . | ssh me@destination 'cd /path/to destination && tar -xvpf -' > or similar with "dump ... | ssh ... restore ..." with either the native > compression of ssh or tar (or no compression at all if the transfered > size doesn't matter). Or if you don't need encryption you can also use netcat. Works like cat but then over tcp/ip sockets. /usr/ports/net/netcat Greets, Jo -- /****************************************************************** * Geraerts Jo * Politics: * * geraerts.jo@skynet.be * Poly: many * * http://users.skynet.be/ernie * Ticks: blood sucking parasites * ******************************************************************/
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20030622171935.GA14742>