zip up huge folder via ssh

How can I zip up a folder (or tar etc ) (folder contains loads of jpg images) via ssh.

Ideally I want each zip to contain 1000 images each. Any idea how I can do this?

Thanks.

 

Here you go, place this code in file and place it in the directory where your images are at:


Code:

#!/bin/bash
#
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#       Script fill create tar.gzs with n number of files in them
#       just change the num_files variable.
#       
#       Place the script into the directory you want to generate the files
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
count=0
file=0
num_files=1000

echo ">>> STart now <<<"
for i in `find . -type f`;do
        if [ "$count" -eq "$num_files" ]; then
        echo "--- Creating TAR file number $file ---"
                count=0;
                file=$(( $(echo $file) +1));
        fi
        count=$(( $(echo $count)+1));
        tar czf images.$file.tar.gz $i;
done;

Code (markup):

When you've saved the file just execute chmod +x ./script.sh and then run it with:

./script.sh

Once done, you'll have archives :
images.0.tar.gz
images.1.tar.gz etc in your directory.

You can move them to other location by:

mv ./images.*.tar.gz /other/location/

 

cheers. will give it a go