November 14, 2010 by Ivan Kristianto
Beginners Guide: Copy Your Files To Remote Server With scp
When you are moving your website to another server or maybe copying a file to a remote host, there are lot ways to do that. One of them is using “scp” or secure copy. scp is used for copying file from local to remote host securely. It uses ssh for data transfer and provides the same authentication and same level of security as ssh.
Copy a file from a remote host to the local host:
scp username@remotehost.com:file.txt /path/local/directory
Copy a file from the local host to a remote host:
scp /path/local/directory username@remotehost.com:file.txt
Copy a directory from local host to a remote host
scp -r /path/local/directory username@remotehost.com:/path/remote/directory
Copy a directory from remote host to a local host
scp -r username@remotehost.com:/path/remote/directory /path/local/directory
Copy a file from remote host 1 to remote host 2 (copy file between remote host)
scp username@remotehost1.com:/path/remote/host1/file.txt username@remotehost2.com:/path/remote/host2/
Use blowfish cipher to encrypt the data being sent:
scp -c blowfish /path/local/directory username@remotehost.com:file.txt
Compress the file before send:
scp -c blowfish -C /path/local/directory username@remotehost.com:file.txt
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Article by Ivan Kristianto
Ivan Kristianto is a profesional web developer and blogger. Very interest with free and open source software. Follow my Twitter: @ivankrisdotcom or Facebook profile IvanKristiantoBlog or Email me at ivan@ivankristianto.com
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