my $action = "\'( cd $path && tar cf - . )|( cd $targ && tar xBf - )\'";

$cmds[0] = "`su $user -c \"ksh -c $action \"`";


foreach my $cmd (@cmds) {

	eval { 
	print "Please enter $user password\n";
	open( CMD, "$cmd |" ) or die "Error: $!\n";
	};

	if ($@) {
		die "Error: could not copy files: $dest: $@\n";
	}
			

	while ( <CMD> ) {
		print "COMMAND: $_\n";
	}
			
} # end foreach