[ale] syntax scp or rcp

[Dow Hurst]

Thanks!  That was just what I was after and it works with ssh and rsh.  
I like to use ssh over the Internet but rsh within the VPN so as not to 
compress twice.
Dow


Fletch wrote:

>>>>>>"Dow" == Dow Hurst <dhurst at kennesaw.edu> writes:
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>
>    Dow> What is the right syntax in a tcsh for retrieving a remote
>    Dow> tar archive and piping it into a tar extract command?  This
>    Dow> doesn't work:
>
>
>    Dow> rcp walker:/d2/rep/temp.tar | tar xf -
>
>Both rcp and scp are going to want a local path to write to.  You need
>to use ssh and cat.
>
>
>ssh walker cat /d2/rep/temp.tar | tar xf -
>
>
>Or if you use zsh something like this:
>
>
>tar ztvf <( scp hermes:tmp/src/rsync-2.5.6.tar.gz /dev/stdout )
>
>
>
>
>  
>

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