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--- linux:tar [2016/05/19 17:10] – created Wuff
+++ linux:tar [2024/10/22 12:49] (current) – [Tar/gzip examples] Wuff
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-====== Tar examples ======
+====== Tar/gzip examples ======
 Add multiple specific files into a single compressed tarball:
 <code>
 tar czf archive.tar.gz /tmp/something_*.txt /tmp/other.log
+</code>
+Backup of directory on remote server to local server via ssh
+<code>
+ssh root@server "(cd /directory/; tar cvzf - *)" > ./localbackup.tar.gz
+</code>
+Backup of a directory on local system, storing on remote system
+<code>
+tar zcvf - /your/directory | ssh backup-user@backupserver "cat > /backup/file.tgz"
+</code>
+Extract remote archive to local system:
+<code>ssh remotehost cat /path/to/foo.tar.gz | tar xzf -</code>
+===== Complete dd disk image =====
+Complete disk image of remote server to local compressed image file via ssh
+<code>
+#from local server
+ssh root@server "(dd bs=32M if=/dev/sda status=progress | gzip -9)" | dd of=./backup-full-sda.gz
+#from remote server onto local server:
+dd bs=32M if=/dev/sda status=progress | gzip -9 | ssh root@20.30.40.50 "dd of=/backup/sda-backup-file.gz"
+</code>
+Restore of local compressed disk image to remote server via ssh
+<code>
+gunzip -c /backup/sda-backup-file.gz | ssh root@original-source-server-ip "dd bs=32M of=/dev/sda"
 </code>