Re: transferring directories with scp/rsync?
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 06:54:30PM -0400, Zach Uram wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a directory /tmp/foo on my local host alpha.org and I wish to
> transfer it to user Bob (/home/bob) in dirctory $HOME/www/bar on
> remote host beta.org. How precisely can I do this 1) using scp 2)
> using rsync? I would like to see the commands for doing this with both
> methods. Ssh is running on both hosts.
Yes to both!
> Also what happens if the directory already existed on the remote host
> and has some of the same file names. Is it possible to use md5sums so
> that if a file is exact (same hash) it will prompt me and ask if I
> want to over-write it before it does?
That depends on option used.
Anyway, read these pages:
http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/ch11.en.html#sharingcopyingandarchiving
http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/ch11.en.html#idiomsforthecopy
Osamu
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