how do i scp .dotfiles??

[krad]

On 30 August 2010 20:02, Chris Rees <utisoft at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 30 August 2010 18:37, krad <kraduk at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > On 27 August 2010 20:13, Polytropon <freebsd at edvax.de> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:21:12 -0500, Gary Gatten <Ggatten at waddell.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Rename them, copy, then rename them back?
> >>
> >> Not good for a whole bunch of files; in this case: tar them together,
> >> transfer the archive, untar it; rename afterwards if needed. :-)
> >
> > or
> >
> > sudo tar cf - /somepath | ssh x at y " sudo tar xvf - -C somepath "
> >
> > I agree with other posts though rsync is the easiest
>
>
> Why sudo with tar?
>
> Chris
>

make sure all perms correct and can read all files