Can you scp directories

To copy the entire revenge directory from your deathstar. You'll be prompted for your password on the source system deathstar. Therefore, to copy all the.

For the following example, assume you dvader are logged into another computer that is, some other computer that's not empire. To copy luke. You'll be prompted to enter two passwords: one for the source system empire. The command won't work unless you correctly enter both passwords. But, when complete, you should have a new file in the folder you specified.

Notice that in this case, two remote users must be specified. Each has to have access to their respective remote server. A password prompt will be presented to accept login credentials for each user.

From all these variations of file copying we see that the scp command is flexible on what can be the source or destination path. This versatility makes it very useful for scripts. We may transfer files between our local and remote machines to test and update the server or application configurations.

We may transfer files between our main remote host and a backup server with scp. The simplicity and flexibility of SCP has made it popular with system administrators. The SCP command also has configurations for greater flexibility in what and how we copy. Let's see how we can use command-line options to modify its behavior. The scp command has some useful options also known as flags that can alter aspects of how it connects to a remote host. Arun G Arun G 1, 13 13 silver badges 16 16 bronze badges.

Thank your for the answer. This will reduce file copying time drastically. According to this blog post you get even better performance with arcfour in stead of blowfish , but it has security flaws. The here one example. Ronald Coarite Ronald Coarite 3, 23 23 silver badges 26 26 bronze badges. The question was how to copy a folder from remote to local with scp command. Fulvio Fulvio 2 2 gold badges 13 13 silver badges 21 21 bronze badges.

Salem Salem 6 6 silver badges 22 22 bronze badges. Assuming the user had permissions, could you do an absolute path without using root — Jonathan. For Windows OS, we used this command. Manish Gupta Manish Gupta 2 2 silver badges 4 4 bronze badges. The Overflow Blog. Podcast Explaining the semiconductor shortage, and how it might end. Does ES6 make JavaScript frameworks obsolete? Featured on Meta. Now live: A fully responsive profile.

Visit chat. Linked Related Hot Network Questions. Question feed. Stack Overflow works best with JavaScript enabled. Dmitry Grigoryev 6, 1 1 gold badge 18 18 silver badges 56 56 bronze badges. Directories aren't copied: not a regular file. I also get the error of unexpected filename. However, using the wildcard does not work either cause the directory has so many files that is exceeds the character limit for commands when the wildcard gets expanded. RichardKiefer : You can use wildcards like?

Try this link, it may help: Wildcards — Syed Faraz Umar. Thanks Syed, but my point was that I actually want to target all elements in the folder, and not filter any. And if my directory has too many, than the wildcard will just not work. RichardKiefer: My apologies Richard, to get all the files copied we can use a small bash script.

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