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Date:      Sat, 4 May 2002 17:32:37 +0530
From:      Devdas Bhagat <devdas@worldgatein.net>
To:        Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.biz>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Help get reverse of this command
Message-ID:  <20020504173237.A24097@rivendell.worldgatein.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020504103049.GA30802@ns2.wananchi.com>; from wash@wananchi.biz on Sat, May 04, 2002 at 01:30:49PM %2B0300
References:  <20020504103049.GA30802@ns2.wananchi.com>

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On 04/05/02 13:30 +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> I can do this
> 
> tar $some_args some_dirs | /usr/bin/ssh alligator '(cd /home/wash/Administration/Backups; cat >  filename.tgz)'
> 
> this pipes the output to the remote host...
> 
> 
> How do I 'backpipe' in such a situation, i.e. login to remote host, tar up some_dir and put it here (on
> the host I am logged in)?
ssh hostB -c "tar -zc $files -f - |ssh hostA > file.tgz"

or if you have rmt, 
ssh hostB -c "tar -zcf hostA:file.tgz"

man tar is your friend.

Devdas Bhagat

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