Gopalarathnam V. wrote on Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 11:15:01AM +0530:
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| For example, to copy all files (and directories) from /usr/src to
| /usr/local/src, you would do:
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| (cd /usr/src && tar -cf - .) | (cd /usr/local/src && tar -xvpf -)
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Another thing I love doing is to move a directory and stuff underneath
it onto a remote machine:
tar -czf - . | ssh remote.host '(cd /path/to/destination/ && tar -xzf -)'
useful tip in my mind
cheers,
-Suraj
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