[Cialug] scp w/full path

[Dave Hala]

Try:
 scp -r /var/lib/the/path/* root at host.name.com:/usr/share/other/path

:) Dave



On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Jeffrey Ollie <jeff at ocjtech.us> wrote:
> 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
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