SCP without soft links

henriette · 04-28-2004, 05:37 AM

Hi.
Is it possible to avoid copying soft links when using scp? I want to copy a user directory and it keeps going in circles.

-Henriette

nifflerX · 08-27-2004, 02:31 PM

The best way I know to get around this problem is to tar (or tar and gzip) the entire directory that you want to move. Then scp the tarred file to your new location. Then untar the file. So if you wanted to move the directory <folder> and <folder> contained soft links:

Code:

tar cvpf folder.tar folder
scp folder.tar <username>@remote.machine
ssh <username>@remote.machine
tar xvpf folder.tar

HTH.

-NifflerX