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Using ssh to copy a directory tree from one host to another

From the source host:cd to the parent directory
Use the following command:

tar cf - sourcedir | ssh username@destination "cd destdirparent && tar xf -"

where:
sourcedir is the directory to copy
username is your username on the remote (destination) host
destdirparent is the parent directory on the remote (destination) host

This was written by admin. Posted on Saturday, September 1, 2007, at 11:27 pm. Filed under Linux and Unix, ssh, tar. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Post a comment or leave a trackback.

One Comment

  1. Andrew S wrote:

    If your tar is GNUish you can save on the ‘cd’ with the C flag.

    e.g.

    tar cf – sourcedir | ssh username@destination tar xfC – destdirparent

    Tuesday, December 4, 2007 at 9:42 pm | Permalink

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