Any particular reason you're not using something like rsync -av -e ssh or similar (or if not sure on rsync, might be an avenue worth looking at, I use it all the time)? On 8/12/05, James B. Byrne <ByrneJB at harte-lyne.ca> wrote: > I am trying to create a one line command that will: > > 1. Find all files ending in .conf > 2. tar these over ssh to a remote server. > > I have reached this point in my trials. > > a. I can find the files. > > b. I can tar them locally. > > c. I can get a simple fileset tar'ed to a remote server over ssh > using tar -zvcf - /some/fileset | ssh host.domain.tld "cat > > /backup/tarfile.tar.gz > > d. I cannot get tar to pipe find'ed files to the remote server over > ssh. > > My current command line looks like this. > > find / -name "*.conf" | xargs -t tar -zcvf - | ssh \ > hostname.domain.tld \ > "cat > /var/spool/lvm_backups/hostname.city/confs.$(date > +'%Y%m%d').tar.gz" > > I have tried replacing "tar -zcvf -" with "tar -zcvf - {}" and "tar - > zcvf {}" to no avail. The problem is that tar does not see the pipe > to ssh and exits with signal 13. What am I missing? > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >