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How can I copy a file between server using bsdtar?
I'm looking for the fastest way of copying a file between 2 linux servers using bsdtar.
With normal tar, I would do something like:
ssh root@remote 'tar -cz -C /my/path/ big_file.txt' | tar -zxv
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Using files that have spaces in their name in pipes
I have folder named play which contains a file damn file (with space). When I use find and pipe the output to tar:
find play/ -name 'damn*' | tar cf archive.tar -T -
It works perfectly. Why does ...
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I need to transfer a very large folder over FTP, without creating a file first
I am running an Amazon EC2 instance that is limited in disk space. I have a very large folder that I need to FTP to my local machine, preferably without creating an intermediate tar file, since there ...
