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		cowmix on March 7, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Unix tricks I would change this to: tar czf - . \| ssh destination "cd /remote/dir; tar xz"

zengargoyle on March 7, 2013 | [–]

You will one day punch yourself for not being safe.

    tar czf - | ssh destination 'cd /remote/dir && tar xzf -'

Test that `cd` or one day you'll end up extracting in the wrong place.

appplemac on March 7, 2013 | [–]

There is also tar -C /local/dir -czf - . | ssh dest "tar -C /remote/dir -xz"

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