Tar files thru SSH connection

Question

Can anyone help me with this command which i have found out? Command is tar cf - . |ssh -l <TARG_SERVER_USER> <TARG_SERVER> "cd /d1/<INST_NAME>/apps/tech_st; tar xfBp - " tar cf - . |ssh -l <TARG_SERVER_USER> <TARG_SERVER> "cd /d1/<INST_NAME>/apps/tech_st; tar xfBp - "

Correct me if I'm wrong but as I can see this is going to compress files in current directory while it copies it to destination location right? Does this means that current files will be intact (not going to be compressed)?

Thank you

Answer 1

files in the current location '.'are only read and the tar output '-' is send to ssh