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From: link@godot.psc.edu (Tom Link)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: rsh & tar
Summary: sdout to remote machine
Message-ID: <627@godot.psc.edu>
Date: 2 Jun 89 15:18:19 GMT
References: <19836@adm.BRL.MIL>
Reply-To: link@godot.UUCP (Tom Link)
Organization: The Zets
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In article <19836@adm.BRL.MIL> drears@pica.army.mil (Dennis G. Rears (FSAC)) writes:
>
> I am trying to run the following command on the VAX:
>
>tar -cf - .|rsh drun  tar xf -
>
how about:

tar -cf - . | rsh drun "cat | tar xf -"

the cat will receive the sdin from the rsh and echo thru the pipe.

tom link