#! /usr/bin/bash

# copies local directory to $HOME/directory remotely

# $1 = path to directory locally
# $2 = remote hostname to copy to

export BZIP="--best"

tar -cjvf /tmp/$1.tar.bz2 $1
scp /tmp/$1.tar.bz2 $2:/tmp/$1.tar.bz2
rm /tmp/$1.tar.bz2
ssh "$2" "cd \$HOME; tar -xvjf /tmp/$1.tar.bz2 && rm /tmp/$1.tar.bz2"