[Cialug] scp w/full path

[Dave Hala]

The key option with ssh is the only way to go when using a script.

On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley
<daniel.ramaley at drake.edu> wrote:
> Create a script called "lazy" with these contents:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> scp "${1}" "${2}:${PWD}/"
>
> Please note that i did not test it, so it may not be perfect.
>
> Run "lazy file1 host" and it should do what you want. Configure the host
> in your ~/.ssh/config to already know the username (if it is not the
> same as your local user name) so you don't have to specify that. And in
> case you *do* have to specify it, using the user at host syntax to the
> script should still work.
>
> If the host is always the same, change "${2}" to the name of the host
> for even more laziness.
>
> For further laziness, name the script a single letter that is not used
> by any other programs. On my system, "l" is not in my path, so i could
> name it that and then just have to type "l file1" to have it work. Is
> that lazy enough?
>
> I rarely have to copy files amongst systems such that the paths are
> identical on both source and destination, so a script like this would be
> of limited utility for me. If you need a bit more power, set up SSH keys
> between your systems (so you don't need a password to authenticate), and
> then set up bash completion. (On many distros there is a package named
> "bash*completion" for some value of "*".) With bash completion, you can
> just hit the tab key a couple times and it'll print out the path options
> on the remote system, just like bash natively does for the local
> filesystem. Of course, if you don't use bash then you'll have to find a
> similar command completion configuration.
>
> On 2014-03-03 at 10:27:24 L. V. Lammert wrote:
>> On Mon, 3 Mar 2014, Barry Von Ahsen wrote:
>> > I don't think he wants to type the path on both sides
>> >
>> > my lazy solution usually is:
>> >
>> > cd /to/the/path
>> > pwd (copy output)
>> > scp user at host:<paste> .
>>
>> Actually, that's WAY more than 'lazy' - guess we have different
>> difinitions <g>!
>>
>> Seriously, the more I think about it, it may just be using $PWD but I
>> have not had time to play with it - billing has priority today.
>>
>>       Lee
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