How To Copy Directories and Subdirectories Recursively With FTP (scp)
When transferring file directory structures between linux / Unix hosts, usinf FTP was what came to mind. FTP has been used for many transfers in the past, but when forced (read:allowed) to use the command line to transfer files, the MGET and other FTP related commands were useless. So google to the rescue, and up pops this great simple writeup about how to copy host-to-host using the SCP command. Sweetness defined.
In essence:
scp -vr -P 2222 ./* REMOTEUSERNAME@REMOTEHOSTNAME.TLD:/FULL/UNIX/PATH/TO/DESTINATION/FOLDER/(OR/FILENAMES.ABC)
This command will Verbosely and Recirsively do it’s thang. It will contact the remote host on port 2222 instead of the default port 22 used for SSH. The remote username is the unix username, and the remote hostname is the full DNS name or IP address of the remote unix box. The destination path is reltive to the root of the system, NOT relative to the user’s home dirtectory.
Have fun, and leave FTP for transferring single files or batches of files inside a single directory container only.
Posted under Freeware, Linux, Network
This post was written by Content Curator on October 23, 2009
