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.
It depends on what your local OS is. If your local OS is Unix-like, then try: If your local OS is Windows ,then you should use pscp.exe utility. For example, below command will download file.txt from remote to D: disk of local machine. It seems your Local OS is Unix, so try the former one. For those who don’t … Read more
If you’re using GNOME, you can go to: Places → Connect to Server in Nautilus and choose SSH. If you have an SSH agent running and configured, no password will be asked! (This is the same as sftp://root@servername/directory in Nautilus) In Konqueror, you can simply type: fish://servername. Per Mike R: In Ubuntu 14.04 (with Unity) it’s under Files → Connect to Server in the menu or Network → Connect to Server in the sidebar.
Looks like you are trying to copy to a local machine with that command. An example scp looks more like the command below: Copy the file “foobar.txt” from the local host to a remote host scp “the_file” your_username@the_remote_host:the/path/to/the/directory to send a directory: Copy the directory “foo” from the local host to a remote host’s directory … Read more
The major difference between these tools is how they copy files. scp basically reads the source file and writes it to the destination. It performs a plain linear copy, locally, or over a network. rsync also copies files locally or over a network. But it employs a special delta transfer algorithm and a few optimizations to make the operation … Read more
Unlike ssh, scp uses the uppercase P switch to set the port instead of the lowercase p: The lowercase p switch is used with scp for the preservation of times and modes. Here is an excerpt from scp’s man page with all of the details concerning the two switches, as well as an explanation of … Read more
Unlike ssh, scp uses the uppercase P switch to set the port instead of the lowercase p: The lowercase p switch is used with scp for the preservation of times and modes. Here is an excerpt from scp’s man page with all of the details concerning the two switches, as well as an explanation of … Read more