SCP copying directories between servers
 

I have an SCP query like this(its on the same server but different port):

scp -r /path/xml_documents_content/ ip_address:/path/xml_documents

What it does is copy everything from xml_documents_content into xml_documents folder on target, BUT it creates a new folder xml_documents_content under the/xml_documents folder, and I just want the files to go straight into the xml_documents folder.

Any help? Please?

rsync instead? Other than that, does a .* help?
scp -r /path/to/files/.* ip:/path/to/files

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I tried
scp -r /path/xml_documents_content/* ip_address:/path/xml_documents
but then I got errors, as Ive got a heap of directories under xml_documents_content
and got errors like '61414' is not a regular file

Is rsync a bad (or unavailable) option?

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To be honest, it could be an option. The person a bit higher up than me in my job told me to use scp, and I put to them the rsync option and they said they've never used it before.
Could you perhaps give me an example of how I'd do the rsync?

Sure, I'll show you what I use, and then point you to the document describing how to do what I use:
I set that cronjob (notice the * * * ) on the machine doing the backup, not the server where the files actually live and are served from (it's a website backup job). So, the docs:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/...etween_servers
and then to have the public key arrangement to automate this process in cron (also linked in the above document):
http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/...ation_with_ssh

HTH

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