sh tiny HOST=l_samenv@samenv DIR=boxes/images IMGDAT=apumaster_$(date +'%Y-%m-%d').lz4 read -p "image name to write to $HOST:$DIR [$IMGDAT]: " IMG if [ -z "$IMG" ]; then IMG=$IMGDAT fi echo "copy image to $HOST:$DIR/$IMG (takes about 10 min) ..." dd if=/dev/sda bs=512k | lz4 | ssh $HOST "dd of=$DIR/$IMG bs=512k"