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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Is this possible with SCP? Post 302284324 by cpabrego on Thursday 5th of February 2009 09:47:52 AM
Old 02-05-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by pludi
With scp alone, probably not. But you can try this ugly little thing
Code:
$ ssh <name>@host 'tar -cf - `find <path> ! -name exclude_me -print`' | tar -xf -

It's even possible to pipe it through compress/gzip/bzip on both sides as to save on bandwith.

Thanks for the input. I have tested the command and this it what it does.

It downloads all directories (e.g.,/dir1/dir2/dir3/dirofinterest), it does not download any of the files in dir1 dir2 or dir3 which is good.

However, in dirofinterest there are more (around 40) directories which contain a commonly named file Ill call (LEAVE) which I would like to exclude because I do not need them and they are usually at least 20MB.

This is what I typed:
Code:
$ ssh <name>@host 'tar -cf - `find /dir1/dir2/dir3/dirofinterest ! -name LEAVE -print`' | tar -xf -

Since I am new it is possible that I misinterpreted your instructions. let me know what you think.
 

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bgoffice-dict-download

BGOFFICE-DICT-DOWNLOAD(1)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				 BGOFFICE-DICT-DOWNLOAD(1)

NAME

       bgoffice-dict-download - download dictionaries for bgoffice

SYNOPSIS

	   # list known dictionaries
	   bgoffice-dict-download --list

	   # download a dictionary
	   bgoffice-dict-download --dict bg-en_dual

	   # explicit output file
	   bgoffice-dict-download --dict bg-en_dual --output=/some/where.tar.bz2

DESCRIPTION

       bgoffice-dict-download is a small program to help download bgoffice dictionaries off sourceforge.net. It browses the bgoffice project
       download area and follows the download links.

       The dictionary is downloaded in the current directory, unless the "--output" option is used.

OPTIONS

       --list
	   Prints the list of the known dictionaries.

       --dict dictionary name
	   Specifies the dictionary to be downloaded. See "--list" for the known dictionaries. This option is mandatory, unless "--list" is given.

       --output file
	   Saves the downloaded dictionary in the given file, instead of ./<dict>.tar.bz2

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

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