scp directories ?
 

Can directories and the contents in them including sub-directories be copied with scp ? or, Do I need to make the directory and then use scp?

I would just use ftp but my experience with doing ftp from a linux box is painfully slow and scp is lightening fast.

Thanks

man scp
/-r


Cheers,
Tink

Thanks for responding.

I have read man scp several times and had a difficult time figuring out the syntax before I was able to just copy one file or a lot of them with -r

I tried your /-r and it does not work.

-r copies the contents. I want to know if the directory *and* the contents can be copied in the same command step.

You either missed what I was asking or I do not understand your answer. :confused:

Say I wanted to copy directory called XYZ in my home directory from host A to my other host B and place in my home directory.

Example:

cd ~
scp -r XYZ/ username@hostB:/home/username/

Its that simple.

Thanks, I figured it out just before getting your post.

Which program did you try it with?
try in
man scp


Cheers,
Tink

Summary
 

To summarize the solution:

Copy directories remotely with SCP in this way

This will copy the folder 'destination_directory' INTO the folder 'source_directory'

To clarify the previous posts:

shows you the manual page for scp. while reading a man page, typing '/' followed by text will search (ie '/-r' searches for the -r option in the man page)

I asked that question 10-9-2004

no wonder it has 20000+ views.

Hmmm..
 

I have always just cd to the dir I want to put the data in, then
ran scp -r username@servername:/sourcedir/data data

What is up with the sudden interest in my question from 8 years ago?

HAHAHAHA.... I was in the middle of migrating a bunch of junk and was asked what I used. We came across this post at looking at others alternatives... pretty funny though..

Why bump an 8 year old post that has been clearly solved with information that isn't even correct?