Using tar to copy a directory tree can be fun, but for true amazement you need to combine it with a remote shell to copy an entire directory tree to a different machine without any intermediate media:
cd dir; tar cf - . | rsh remote_machine "cd dir2; tar xvpf -"
Using tar to copy a directory tree can be fun, but for true amazement you need to combine it with a remote shell to copy an entire directory tree to a different machine without any intermediate media:
cd dir; tar cf - . | rsh remote_machine "cd dir2; tar xvpf -"