Stream directory over SSH tar

Copy a tree without intermediate file, preserving perms; add zstd in pipe for slow links

tar c -C /src . | ssh user@<host> 'tar x -C /dst'

#tar #network #troubleshooting

more tar all 3 commands →

Archive with live progress tar cf - /data | pv -s $(du -sb /data | awk '{print $1}') | zstd -T0 > data.tar.zst Incremental snapshot archives tar -czg snapshot.snar -f backup-$(date +%F).tgz /data