A way to preserve ownership and permissions when copying across the network

[RobertCarback]

I've used the following to copy files from one server to another ---
tar cvf - . | remsh destination_server "cd /destdir ; tar xvf - "

How can I do the same to BRING files back to the server that is executing the tar command?

[Steven Schweda · Accepted solution]

> How can I do the same to BRING files back
> to the server that is executing the tar
> command?

_Which_ "the tar" command?

Guessing what you may mean, it should be
about the same as what you've been doing.

remsh rmt_host 'cd src_dir ; tar cf - .' | \
tar xf -

Details vary, depending on exactly what you
want, of course.

[RobertCarback]

thanks!

[Dennis Handly]

If you aren't root, you need -p to preserve permissions and ownership.