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If you work on remote boxes a lot, you ll probably need a to backup a directory from there onto your machine sooner or later.. This can easilly be done using ssh & tar; all in 1 line of (script friendly) code:
Substitute user & server by the relevant info; /foo by the map you need and bar with the stuff you dont need; execute the command; login to the server when asked & Blamo! You ll have a nice backup.date.tgz file on your machine :)
ssh user@server "cd /foo && tar cvz * --exclude=bar*" > backup.$( date +%y%m%d ).tgz
Substitute user & server by the relevant info; /foo by the map you need and bar with the stuff you dont need; execute the command; login to the server when asked & Blamo! You ll have a nice backup.date.tgz file on your machine :)
bubo@castor:~$ lsh 192.168.0.139 tar cf - /opt2/bubo/musik/[n-s]* | (cd /home/bubo/ && tar -xf -)
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