I found this answer before posting this question but the answer is not clear to me.
Here is the code of the answer:
conn, err := ssh.Dial("tcp", hostname+":22", config)
if err != nil {
return err
}
session, err := conn.NewSession()
if err != nil {
return err
}
defer session.Close()
r, err := session.StdoutPipe()
if err != nil {
return err
}
name := fmt.Sprintf("%s/backup_folder_%v.tar.gz", path, time.Now().Unix())
file, err := os.OpenFile(name, os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE, 0644)
if err != nil {
return err
}
defer file.Close()
if err := session.Start(cmd); err != nil {
return err
}
n, err := io.Copy(file, r)
if err != nil {
return err
}
if err := session.Wait(); err != nil {
return err
}
return nil
I don't understand relation between the cmd variable and io.Copy, where and how does it know which file to copy. I like the idea of using io.Copy but i do not know how to create the file via ssh and start sending content to it using io.Copy.