On Tue, 18 Mar 2014 11:22:31 +0200 "Bonnie B Mtengwa" <bmtengwa at potraz.gov.zw> wrote: > I have a file Server CentOS 5.10, its on the internet, so I compress > all csv into one file using (tar -czvf compressed_files.tar.gz > *.csv) on this server so that I can download them as one compressed > file to save bandwidth, Disk space on this server available is 50Gig, > so when I copy the files onto Redhat EL 5.9 and decompress them using > (tar -zxvf *.gz) It decompresses maybe 80% then get error: > FWIW you would likely be able to save a lot more bandwidth using xz compression. In the below example you can create your compressed archive all on the fly to your remote server. $ tar -cJvf - target-file-dir/ | ssh root at remote.server.com "cat > /remote/archive.tar.xz" -- Q: What did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants coming over the hill? A: "The elephants are coming over the hill." Q: What did he say when saw them coming over the hill wearing sunglasses? A: Nothing, for he didn't recognize them.