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# This will send the entire www.example.com folder over to the home folder on
# your target server in compressed form over and encrypted connection.
tar czf - www.example.com/ | ssh joebloggs@otherserver.com tar xzf - -C ~/
# If you need to get a directory from a server (you must to have an account on it) do such way:
ssh username@from_server "tar czf - directory_to_get" | tar xzvf - -C path_where_to_put
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