> On Fri Aug 12 17:14:00 UTC 2005 Paul Heinlein heinlein at madboa.com wrote: > > 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 -- *** e-mail is NOT a secure channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB.<token>@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3CE delivery <token> = hal