[Cialug] scp w/full path

[Jeffrey Ollie]

On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 9:56 AM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Mar 2014, Jeffrey Ollie wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 8:40 AM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
>> > Is there a way to copy *with the full path* in scp?
>>
>> Do you mean like this?
>>
>> scp /var/lib/the/path root at host.name.com:/usr/share/other/path
>>
> Not quite, .. would like to include the full path without explictly
> specifying - i.e. a switch, for example, that will mirror the full path on
> the target machine.

I think maybe you want the '-r' switch then, which will recursively
copy a directory tree, or try David's suggestion of rsync over SSH.

-- 
Jeff Ollie