Scp - Revision history

Jimbo at 21:28, 12 September 2004

2004-09-12T21:28:47Z

Jimbo at 21:28, 12 September 2004

2004-09-12T21:28:11Z

Dave at 07:26, 12 September 2004

2004-09-12T07:26:53Z

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[[scp]] -- secure copy. Essentially it's copying files from one host to another with ssh encryption. The format is
scp user@host:/path/to/file user2@host2:/path/to/file2
Here user@host is copying '''file''' to host2 and naming it '''file2'''. For details on encryption keys and other details, see the [[man]] page.

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   scp -r /home/username user@remote.host:/home/username
-... which would copy "username"'s home directory from the local machine to the machine at "remote.host".
+... which would copy "username"'s home directory (and all the files and directories it contains) from the local machine to the machine at "remote.host".
 For information on encryption and authentication, tunneling over ssh, or other details, see the [[man]] page.
 [[Category:System Commands]]

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-[[scp]] -- secure copy. Essentially it's copying files from one host to another with ssh encryption. The format is
+[[scp]] -- secure copy. Essentially it's copying files from one host to another with ssh encryption. The format is:
   scp user@host:/path/to/file user2@host2:/path/to/file2
-Here user@host is copying '''file''' to host2 and naming it '''file2'''. For details on encryption keys and other details, see the [[man]] page.