Secure copy from the command line

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Daniel
on January 9, 2010
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For future reference, the proper format to the command is:

scp -rv source_dir/* username@domain.com:/full/path/to/target/directory

More on Wikipedia. I had it backwards originally and copied a lot of files to the wrong place.

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  1. 1 Andrew
    January 22, 2010 at 10:56 am

    So after trying this today for WebFaction accounts it should be username@domain.com:full/path/to/target/directory (i.e. no leading slash to the directory). Just an FYI for future reference.

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