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    Better yet, you might just untar at the other end, and save half the writes there. OP seems to just want to transfer some files. Commented Apr 17, 2019 at 17:33
  • @muru thanks for the suggestion. i want to 1. tar the file in serverA 2. nc the tar file to serverB 3. untar the tar file in serverB. Do you have any way to improve this process? Commented Apr 18, 2019 at 8:45
  • @Jim L. thanks for your help. i want to 1. tar the file in serverA 2. nc the tar file to serverB 3. untar the tar file in serverB. Do you have any way to improve this process? Commented Apr 18, 2019 at 8:46
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    @GuoYong Sounds like you want rsync, not tar. Commented Apr 23, 2019 at 15:44
  • Is this approach appropriate and reliable to do over an automatic backup cron between different hosts? @Jim L. Commented Jan 29, 2022 at 16:28