Yes and no. You can't directly, like this won't work: tar xvf remotehost:test.tar . This would, but you're really just copying the file and then extracting with separate commands scp remotehost:test.tar . ; tar xvf test.tar Now you can tunnel with something like sshfs or you can actually pipe to ssh. For instance I can tar a file up and send it over ssh like so: tar cvf - 1.jpg | ssh remotehost "cat > 1.jpg.tar" You could also do that in the opposite direction as well, although to do this with a "reverse" would take some thinking :) I suppose something like the following, although I can't test it right now. ssh remotehost 'tar cvf - 1.jpg | ssh yoursourcehost "cat > 1.jpg.tar"' maybe use the modifer -t with ssh "ssh -t" so you don't miss any output. give a try see what happens. half the fun of *nix is figuring out what works and what doesn't. On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 3:01 PM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com wrote: > Yes, scp (like cp) will copy back or forth, the 2 commands below are legal: > scp myuser@remotebox:/that/file /this/path > scp /this/path myuser@remotebox:/that/file > 1st one will 'retrieve' /that/file from 'remotebox' into /this/path > 2nd one will copy /this/path to /that/file in 'remotebox'. > ET > > joe@actionline.com writes: >> >> >> This is interesting.  Does this really mean that >> scp in reverse is possible by using a similar syntax >> with the dot at the end to extract a file from a remote >> computer to my local computer? >> ----------------- >> Mike Ballon wrote (in part) ... scp in reverse: >> scp 192.168.0.4:Pictures/2009-Move.from.Florida . >> I'm guessing the path of the pictures and take note of the dot at the end >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss