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

Saturday, September 1, 2007

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

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