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[ODHIAMBO Washington]

* Dan Nelson <dnelson at allantgroup.com> [20030502 18:28]: wrote:
> In the last episode (May 02), ODHIAMBO Washington said:
> > 
> > I would like to ssh to host B, cd some/path, tar some/path/directory/
> > and output the tarball locally to TARBALL.tgz
> 
> Have you tried:
> 
> ssh hostb "cd some/path ; tar czf - directory" > TARBALL.tgz


Hello Dan,

Thank you so much. This is exactly what I was looking for.

Do have a nice weekend!

 	Best regards,
	Odhiambo Washington
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