That should absolutely match hidden files. The / at the end of the source says “every file under this directory”. Nevertheless, testing and research bear you out. This is stupid behavior. The “answer” is to append a dot to the end of the source: scp -rp src/. user@server:dest/ The real answer is to use rsync.
Yes, you can change the attributes of the file to read-only. The command is: chattr +i filename And to disable it: chattr -i filename From man chattr: A file with the i attribute cannot be modified: it cannot be deleted or renamed, no link can be created to this file and no data can be … Read more
The -L flag to rsync will sync the contents of files or directories linked to, rather than the symbolic link.
You can add -o options to scp instead of .ssh/config. scp -o ProxyCommand=”ssh $jump_host nc $host 22″ $local_path $host:$destination_path $jump_host is your “server B” in this case.
You can create a symbolic link with the command line utility mklink. MKLINK [[/D] | [/H] | [/J]] Link Target /D Creates a directory symbolic link. Default is a file symbolic link. /H Creates a hard link instead of a symbolic link. /J Creates a Directory Junction. Link specifies the new symbolic link name. Target … Read more
I would use rsync as it means that if it is interrupted for any reason, then you can restart it easily with very little cost. And being rsync, it can even restart part way through a large file. As others mention, it can exclude files easily. The simplest way to preserve most things is to … Read more