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Copy and Uncompress (ssh, gunzip, tar) from Remote Server

Code Monk — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 08:03:06 +0000

So you have a remote backup and you want to quickly have it restored locally or to another server without transferring, then uncompressing as 2 or 3 steps.

ssh user@remote-server "cat /path/to/compressed/backup.tar.gz" | tar xzvf -

Copy Large Files Over the Network with Netcat + tar + Qpress compression

Code Monk — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 05:38:13 +0000

On the target host, change directory to the folder you want to copy the files to:

nc -l 9999 | qpress -vdio | tar xvf -

On the source host, change directory to the folder containing the files to be copied:

tar -cf - . | qpress -vio - . | nc [TARGET_HOST_IP] 9999

Poll Virtuozzo Containers Disk Usage and Quota on Linux

Code Monk — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:29:24 +0000

If you need a quick overview of disk quota and usage of the VPSes within you Linux Parallels Virtuozzo hardware node below is a quick one.

for vps in `vzlist -o veid -H`; do vzquota stat $vps; done;

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Code Monk — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:34:41 +0000

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