On Jan 22, 2009, at 8:22 AM, Raymond Norton wrote: >> tar cf - . | ssh <remoteuser>@<remotehost> "cd <destination>; tar >> xf -" > > This is working fine. I added -v so I could watch the progress. > > Does rsync copy faster? Not any faster, as it uses ssh just the same, but it does allow you to pick up where you left off if something fails, such as losing a network connection. --- Eric Crist