> Why not just do > > `the thing that generates standard out here` | ssh -q 192.168.122.2 dd of=somethin > > > eg > > find . | ssh -q 192.168.122.2 dd of=find.out > > You don't need tar for anything. alas the thing that generates the output creates 5 or 6 seperate streams in sequence that generate 5 or 6 log files but i dont know in advance the names of these logs.