Sorry, that should have been the -r not the -R. Paul -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mad Unix Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 10:23 AM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: copy folder to remote server [root@intra /]# scp -R /tmp root@xxxxxxxxxx:/tmp/test scp: illegal option -- R usage: scp [-1246BCpqrv] [-c cipher] [-F ssh_config] [-i identity_file] [-l limit] [-o ssh_option] [-P port] [-S program] [[user@]host1:]file1 [...] [[user@]host2:]file2 On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Paul M. Whitney <paul.whitney@xxxxxxx> wrote: > You could just use: scp -R /usr/local/apache/htdocs userid@xxxxxxx: > /var/www/html/ > > Paul > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mad Unix > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 10:08 AM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: copy folder to remote server > > I want to copy all the following files/folder/subfolders under > /usr/local/apache/htdocs to a remote server within this directory > /var/www/html/ > Am I correct with this command, or far away offff > > tar zcvf - /usr/local/apache/htdocs | ssh root@xxxxxxx "cat > > /var/www/html/htdocs.tar.gz" > > Thanks > -- > Your search - madunix - did not match any documents. > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- Your search - madunix - did not match any documents. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
