it says: archive.tar: file or directory doesn't exist Do i have to create it manually? Thanx Nitin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Rossman" <rossman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 7:18 PM Subject: Re: how to use tar with scp > If you just want to save a tar saveset as a file, then replace the > 'tar -xf -' part with a simple 'cat >filename.tar' after the 'cd' part. > > E.g: > > tar -pczf - /home/admin | ssh 10.10.10.6 "(cd /dump; cat > >archive.tar)" > > > On Friday, November 14, 2003, at 08:46 AM, Nitin wrote: > > but i do not want to extract it... > > > >> You have the ssh command issuing a remote 'cd' command, but there is > >> nothing running at the other end to catch and process the stream of > >> tar data being produced at the source. Try this instead: > >> > >> tar -pczf - /home/admin | ssh 10.10.10.6 "(cd /dump; tar -xf -)" > >> ^^^^^^^^^^^ > >> add this in > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
