Copy directories between two linux servers
 

I am running Redhat Centos 5.2

ServerA (username: root, password: jam)

\Work
- file1
- file2
- file3

ServerB (username: root, password: butter)

What command do I use to copy everything including making a directory from ServerA \Work to ServerB?

Thanks.

Hey there,

check out the man pages for rsync; that command should do the trick for you. Otherwise you can use rsh or ssh (we'll assume that you've got .rhosts set up for rsh or key-based passwordless login setup for ssh) and do something like this from server A to server B

on A:

tar cpf - Work/file[123]|ssh B "cd /whatever/base/directory/you/want;tar xvpf -"

on B (getting from A) in the directory you want the Work directory to end up in:

ssh B "cd /whatever/base/directory/Work/is/in;tar cpf - Work/file[123]"|tar xvpf -

just substitute rsh for ssh if you want to use that instead. It's much less secure than ssh, but different people have different needs and, if that's not a concern, use whatever works best for you.

Best wishes,

Mike

You can also use 'scp' directly to copy files between remote location. Have a look at 'man scp'. It's the copy tool of SSH, so it' quite secure.

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Also just to give you a little feedback, don't post passwords on a forum. While these may be test machines it is still bad practice and bad security.

yes rsync will work great for this.

Try with scp command. The syntax is

# scp -r serverA IP:<obsolute path> <serverB local system path>