Bash script using scp and ssh
 

So I want to access a directory that I copied first on scp (this directory will have many files on it). I will create a bash to do so but the problem comes when I want to access the folder I created since it will have only the lat subfolder name.

For example......


My bash script (MyScript.sh):
scp -r $1 xnat@10.45.4.43:/LOCATION/WHEREI/PUTTHEFILES/
ssh xnat@10.45.4.43 ' ls /home/xnat/xnat_Builds/$1'


From command line I'll execute:
./MyScript.sh /LOCATION/OF/MY/DIRECTORY/THAT/ILL/COPY

BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT $1 on the second command (ssh) will have the entire folder tree ( /LOCATION/OF/MY/DIRECTORY/THAT/ILL/COPY) instead of just the last subfolder /COPY that will make me access it.


Any help?

Your problem is that you've used 3 differently named(!) paths

1. $1 = /LOCATION/OF/MY/DIRECTORY/THAT/ILL/COPY
2. target = /LOCATION/WHEREI/PUTTHEFILES/
3. ls = /home/xnat/xnat_Builds/

I think what you want is
1. do a cd into the src dir ($1) before copying.
2. scp -r * xnat@10.45.4.43:sometarget
3. ssh xnat@10.45.4.43 'ls sometarget'

you may want to specify <sometarget> as $2.
If you want a specific subdir as the ls target under/within the scp target, specify as $3

This wornt work becuase 'll be using this information to make a more complicated script. Is there a way to copy the directory withh all the directories on it though?

scp -???SOME OPTIONs??? /ALL/THESE/DIRECTORIES/AND/FOLDER myuser@myserver:/home/myuser/

So on the server machine my directory FOLDER is copied with all the subfolders such as:

on_my_server$ ls /home/myuser/ALL/THESE/DIRECTORIES/AND/FOLDER

NOT JUST:
on_my_server$ ls /home/myuser/FOLDER

Basically
Use the recursive switch, but you have to tell it the top of the tree you want copied, not the bottom....

Well....I dont want to copy all the subfolder/directories that include there...i just want the entire address but the specific subfolder

That's the same thing ...; there's no way to copy only the dir structure but without the files. Think about what the cmd is actually doing; it copies everything you tell it to ie (by default) the last element unless you specify recursive, in which case it starts from the first element, same as cp.

I would check out rsync. It has many options you speak of.