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Copy multiple small files from remote machine using ssh & tar
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copy_over_ssh.sh
# From http://meinit.nl/using-tar-and-ssh-to-efficiently-copy-files-preserving-permissions
ssh user@machine-where-precious-data-is "tar czpf - /some/important/data" | tar xzpf - -C /new/root/directory
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