One-step tarring/scp (was Re: [ale] hardware to back up a Dell laptop)

[Bob Toxen]

On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 12:48:02PM -0500, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> And if ssh on the target end needs a password...?
ssh will prompt from the terminal device, probably via /dev/tty.  Ditto
for gpg, btw.

> Geoffrey wrote:
> >
> >If I understand what you're asking:
> >
> >cd to the directory you want to backup.
> >
> >tar -cvzf - . | ssh id at machine "cat > file.tgz"