Using scp command copy a file or dir

If you need to copy a file or a directory you can use the scp command from the machine where the

data is available. you can check out below examples....

#     scp  file1 192.168.1.10:/root/

                      (  This will copy  file1 ( source )  to remote host = 192.168.1.10  ( Destination )  in

specified location  i.e. the root path ).

#    scp  -r  xdir  192.168.1.10: /

              

  (  The ‘  -r  ‘ is used  to copy the dir. i.e.  Recursion ).

  

#   scp  -p  file1  192.168.1.10: /

       (  The ‘ –p ‘  is used for preserving original  times  and  permissions but please note that it can

not preserve original ownership and groupmembership ).