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Gyurci08 at 19:48, 1 August 2025

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	'''Local to remote:'''		'''Local to remote:'''
	<syntaxhighlight lang="~~shell~~">		<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
	tar cjf - -C /path/to/local/ <source-dir> \| ssh user@remote-host 'tar xjf - -C /path/to/remote/ <target-dir>'		tar cjf - -C /path/to/local/ <source-dir> \| ssh user@remote-host 'tar xjf - -C /path/to/remote/ <target-dir>'
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

	'''Remote to local:'''		'''Remote to local:'''
	<syntaxhighlight lang="~~shell~~">		<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
	ssh user@remote-host 'tar cjf - -C /path/to/remote/ <source-dir>' \| tar xjf - -C /path/to/local/ <target-dir>		ssh user@remote-host 'tar cjf - -C /path/to/remote/ <source-dir>' \| tar xjf - -C /path/to/local/ <target-dir>
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

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	'''Local to remote:'''		'''Local to remote:'''
	<~~pre~~>		<syntaxhighlight lang="shell">
	tar cjf - -C /path/to/local/ <source-dir> \| ssh user@remote-host 'tar xjf - -C /path/to/remote/ <target-dir>'		tar cjf - -C /path/to/local/ <source-dir> \| ssh user@remote-host 'tar xjf - -C /path/to/remote/ <target-dir>'
	</~~pre~~>		</syntaxhighlight>

	'''Remote to local:'''		'''Remote to local:'''
	<~~pre~~>		<syntaxhighlight lang="shell">
	ssh user@remote-host 'tar cjf - -C /path/to/remote/ <source-dir>' \| tar xjf - -C /path/to/local/ <target-dir>		ssh user@remote-host 'tar cjf - -C /path/to/remote/ <source-dir>' \| tar xjf - -C /path/to/local/ <target-dir>
	</~~pre~~>		</syntaxhighlight>

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==
	* Add <code>--exclude='pattern'</code> to skip files or directories.		* Add <code>--exclude='pattern'</code> to skip files or directories.
	* Replace <code>j</code> with <code>z</code> (i.e., <code>czf</code>, <code>xzf</code>) to use gzip for faster, but less compressed, transfers.		* Replace <code>j</code> with <code>z</code> (i.e., <code>czf</code>, <code>xzf</code>) to use gzip for faster, but less compressed, transfers.

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	'''Local to remote:'''		'''Local to remote:'''
	<pre>		<pre>
	tar cjf - /path/to/local/dir \| ssh user@remote-host 'tar xjf - -C /path/to/remote/~~destination~~'		tar cjf - -C /path/to/local/ <source-dir> \| ssh user@remote-host 'tar xjf - -C /path/to/remote/ <target-dir>'
	</pre>		</pre>

	'''Remote to local:'''		'''Remote to local:'''
	<pre>		<pre>
	ssh user@remote-host "tar cjf - -C /path/to/remote/source ." \| tar xjf - -C /path/to/local/~~destination~~		ssh user@remote-host 'tar cjf - -C /path/to/remote/ <source-dir>' \| tar xjf - -C /path/to/local/ <target-dir>
	</pre>		</pre>

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	= Efficient File Transfer with Tar and SSH =		= Efficient File Transfer with Tar and SSH =

	~~Efficiently~~ transfer ~~files~~ using tar ~~over SSH~~ for migrations.		Quickly transfer directories over SSH using tar. Great for migrations or backups.

	== ~~Optimized Command~~ ==		== Commands ==

	<pre~~><code class="bash"~~>		'''Local to remote:'''
			<pre>
	tar cjf - /path/to/local/dir \| ssh user@remote-host 'tar xjf - -C /path/to/remote/destination'		tar cjf - /path/to/local/dir \| ssh user@remote-host 'tar xjf - -C /path/to/remote/destination'
	~~</code>~~</pre>		</pre>

	== ~~Tips~~ ==		'''Remote to local:'''
	~~- Use~~ --exclude to skip files.		<pre>
	~~- Swap~~ j ~~for~~ z (gzip) for faster ~~compression~~.		ssh user@remote-host "tar cjf - -C /path/to/remote/source ." \| tar xjf - -C /path/to/local/destination
			</pre>

			== Notes ==
			* Add <code>--exclude='pattern'</code> to skip files or directories.
			* Replace <code>j</code> with <code>z</code> (i.e., <code>czf</code>, <code>xzf</code>) to use gzip for faster, but less compressed, transfers.

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	= Efficient File Transfer with Tar and SSH =		= Efficient File Transfer with Tar and SSH =

	Efficiently transfer files using tar over SSH for ~~DevOps tasks like Proxmox or Kubernetes~~ migrations.		Efficiently transfer files using tar over SSH for migrations.

	== Optimized Command ==		== Optimized Command ==

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	[[Category:General Linux]]		[[Category:General Linux]]

			= Efficient File Transfer with Tar and SSH =

			Efficiently transfer files using tar over SSH for DevOps tasks like Proxmox or Kubernetes migrations.

			== Optimized Command ==

			<pre><code class="bash">
	tar cjf - /path/to/local/dir \| ssh user@remote-host 'tar xjf - -C /path/to/remote/destination'		tar cjf - /path/to/local/dir \| ssh user@remote-host 'tar xjf - -C /path/to/remote/destination'
			</code></pre>

			== Tips ==
			- Use --exclude to skip files.
			- Swap j for z (gzip) for faster compression.

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