Here is a little trick to transfer a big folder from one unix machine to another in 2 variations.
In this variation netcat is in listen mode on the target (execute in the given order):
on target> nc -l 19001 | lzop -d | tar x
on source> tar c [directory to copy] | lzop | nc [target] 19001
In the second variation netcat is in listen mode on the source system (again, execute in the given order):
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