i have a compressed file, i need to ftp this file to remote server. while ftp i should uncompress and send, but the uncompressed file shouldn't write in the local server file system.
is there any options how to do this using a named pipes in ftp??
greatly appreciate your suggestions? Thanmks
unless you are using proprietary software, ftp cannot compress/uncompress on the fly ...
if you are able to setup ssh access to the remote server, you can ...
cd /localdir; tar cvf - localfile | ssh user@remoteserver "cd /remotedir; tar xvf -"
An alternate for a compressed file with SSH:-
cd /localdir; cat localfile | ssh user@remoteserver "cd /remotedir; uncompress > targetfile"
Obviously, substitute gunzip for uncompress if that's more appropriate.
Robin