ssh-beam

#!/bin/sh

usage="Very fast copy over ssh, see: http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/ejb48/sshspeedtests.html\nusage:\n\n  $(basename $0) <SRC> <DEST_HOST> <DEST_DIR>\n"
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
	echo -e $usage
	exit 0
fi
if [ -z "$2" ]; then
	echo -e $usage
	exit 0
fi
if [ -z "$3" ]; then
	echo -e $usage
	exit 0
fi
SRC=$1
HOST=$2
DEST=$3
CPIPE=$(which cpipe 2>/dev/null)
PV=$(which pv 2>/dev/null)
if [ ! -z "$CPIPE" ]; then
	tar -cf- "$SRC" | cpipe | ssh -o Compression=no -o Ciphers=arcfour128 -o MACs=umac-64@openssh.com "$HOST" tar -xf- -C '$DEST'
elif [ ! -z "$PV" ]; then
	tar -cf- "$SRC" | pv -C | ssh -o Compression=no -o Ciphers=arcfour128 -o MACs=umac-64@openssh.com "$HOST" tar -xf- -C '$DEST'
else
	time tar -cf- "$SRC" | ssh -o Compression=no -o Ciphers=arcfour128 -o MACs=umac-64@openssh.com "$HOST" tar -xf- -C '$DEST'
fi