Kenneth Loafman wrote: >I think I saw it here... > >What I want to do is: > > tar cvz filelist | scp user at backup:foo > >but there's some magic I'm missing. Any clues? I've gone blank. > How about: tar cvz filelist | ssh -l user backup 'cat >foo' There might be a way to do this with scp as well.... ??? (would seem weird to me though)