[CentOS] CentOS] Remote archiving with tar over ssh

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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
> 
> 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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