On 11/25/2012 02:15 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA writes: > >> >> Is there something wrong with this command? >> >> [root@box9 simple]# scp -r bobg@box8:/home/bobg/ /run/media/bobg/Simple/Box8BkU >> >> I would like to copy the contents [roughly 44G per du -h] of /home/bobg/ on box8 to an external USB 500G hard drive. The problem is that it appears to be trying to keep recopying the files until the 500 gigs is reached. I let it run until the end yesterday and it quit protesting it had run out of space. > > You will find your answer in the scp man page: > > -r Recursively copy entire directories. Note that scp follows sym‐ ============ bolic links encountered in the tree traversal. ============================================== > Fixed by "-d". I'd personally just use "-a", which includes both. :-) -- Roberto Ragusa mail at robertoragusa.it -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
