David Hlác(ik wrote: > *so my input will be dd if=/dev/sda1 , my output will be gzipped or > tarred image on second side. sda1.img.gz* > ** > I haven't had a chance to test this, but something like: dd if=/dev/sda1 | gzip | ssh user at host /tmp/somescript And /tmp/somescript on 'host' can be something like: gunzip | dd of=/dev/sdb1