[CentOS] copy

Mon Jul 21 15:20:47 UTC 2008
Tom Brown <tom at ng23.net>

> I want to copy all the following files/folder/subfolders under 
> /usr/local/apache/htdocs to a remote server within this directory 
> /var/www/html/
> Am I correct with this command, or far away offff
>
> tar zcvf -  /usr/local/apache/htdocs | ssh root at 1.2.3.4 
> <mailto:root at 1.2.3.4> "cat > /var/www/html/htdocs.tar.gz"
>
> Thanks

rsync over ssh is good for network copies as it preserves permissions 
nicely if you ask it