The scp command copies files to or from a remote Linux system. You will be prompted for your TCC password for authentication.
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To copy files from the local system to a remote system:
scp file... user@host.domain:path
where:
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file
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File to be copied.
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user
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Your username on the remote system.
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host.domain
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The Internet address of the remote system, such as
linux.nmt.edu.
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path
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The absolute path name to the destination on the remote system.
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Example:
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scp -r . [email protected]:/var/www/html/
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[[email protected] agi-bin]# scp -r . [email protected]remote-IP:/var/lib/asterisk/agi-bin/lib/
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where agi-bin is a folder which we want to copy to lib directory
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You can copy a complete directory by adding a “-r” after the “scp”:
NAME
scp – secure copy (remote file copy program)
SYNOPSIS
scp [-pqrvBC46 ] [-F ssh_config ] [-S program ] [-P port ] [-c cipher ] [-i identity_file ] [-o ssh_option ] [[[email protected] ] host1 : file1 ] [... ] [[[email protected] ] host2 : file2 ]
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The options are as follows:
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-c cipher
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Selects the cipher to use for encrypting the data transfer. This option is directly passed to ssh(1).
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-i identity_file
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Selects the file from which the identity (private key) for RSA authentication is read. This option is directly passed to ssh(1).
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-p
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Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the original file.
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-r
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Recursively copy entire directories.
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-v
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Verbose mode. Causes scp and ssh(1) to print debugging messages about their progress. This is helpful in debugging connection, authentication, and configuration problems.
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-B
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Selects batch mode (prevents asking for passwords or passphrases).
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-q
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Disables the progress meter.
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-C
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Compression enable. Passes the -C flag to ssh(1) to enable compression.
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-F ssh_config
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Specifies an alternative per-user configuration file for ssh This option is directly passed to ssh(1).
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-P port
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Specifies the port to connect to on the remote host. Note that this option is written with a capital `P’ because -p is already reserved for preserving the times and modes of the file in rcp(1).
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-S program
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Name of program to use for the encrypted connection. The program must understand ssh(1) options.
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-o ssh_option
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Can be used to pass options to ssh in the format used in ssh_config5. This is useful for specifying options for which there is no separate scp command-line flag. For example, forcing the use of protocol version 1 is specified using scp -oProtocol=1
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-4
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Forces scp to use IPv4 addresses only.
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-6
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Forces scp to use IPv6 addresses only.