On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Jukka Marin wrote:

> # ls -l foo.tgz
> -rw-------  2 root  wheel  16589784911 Dec 26  2001 foo.tgz
> # tar cf /tmp/test.tar foo.tgz
> # ls -l /tmp/test.tar
> -rw-------  1 root  wheel  10240 Sep 27 15:58 /tmp/test.tar
> # tar tvf /tmp/test.tar
> -rw------- root/wheel -590084273 Dec 26 15:08 2001 foo.tgz
> # uname -v
> NetBSD 1.6 (KYYHKY16) #0: Fri Sep 20 14:40:17 EEST 2002
> jmarin@pyy:/tmp/nb/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/KYYHKY16
>
> Argh.. what is the most reliable way of copying a bunch of files
> from one machine to another, preserving subdirs, datestamps,
> protection flags, owners etc.?

How about...?

    ssh root@otherhost 'dump -0f - files' | restore -xf -

Frederick