looking for thread about backup using ssh -T

[Cameron Simpson]

On 12Apr2008 13:15, Mike Wright <mike.wright at mailinator.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> There was a fascinating thread about using ssh to do backups to a remote 
> host without using a term.  Something like:
>
>     "tar jc some_dir | ssh -T user at remote cat > backup"
>
> Tried the examples and then some --- works great!
>
> I seem to have fat-fingered the delete key and have lost that email thread 
> and try for the life of me can't find it again.

Get rid of the -T. The "cat >backup" needs to be executed by the shell
at the far end, so quote it:

  tar cf - some_dir | ssh user at remote 'cat >backup'

Without the quotes your local shell takes the ">backup" and funnels the
data to the _local_ file "backup". So you pump the backup over the net
via ssh, and _back_ again, landing locally.
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