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On Fri Aug 12 17:14:00 UTC 2005 Paul Heinlein heinlein at madboa.com
wrote:
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> How about
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> tar c $(find / -name \*.conf) | ssh host.com "gzip -c > file.tar.gz"
Thank you very much, this worked. I have two supplementary
questions. First, what is the significance of the $() construct in
bash and how does it interact with tar? Does it take the place of
standard input based on its position in the utility call?
Second, is there a way to exclude certain file names from matching
that otherwise do? I have tried:
$(find / -name /*.conf && !*.so.conf)
and several variants without any success.
I am not using rsync, yet, due to lack of familiarity with it and a
pressing need to get something working now. Once the essentials are
in place then I will look at alternatives.
Regards,
Jim
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