TAR and SSH back polski | english

• (cd sourcedir; tar -cf - .) | (cd targetdir; tar -xf -)
• tar -C sourcedir -cf - . | tar -C targetdir -xf -

• tar cvjf - * | ssh user@host "(cd /desired/path; tar xjf -)"
• tar cvzf - dir/ | ssh user@host "cat > /backup/dir.tar.gz"
• tar cvzf - dir/ | ssh user@host "dd of=/backup/dir.tar.gz"
• ssh user@host "cat /backup/dir.tar.gz" | tar xvzf -

• tar cvjf - * | ssh root@host "(cd /desired/path; tar xjf - )"

Notable tar Usages (from TAR manual: GNU tar: an archiver tool).

man tar

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