How to copy files across computers using SSH and MAC OS X Terminal

Question

I m trying to copy my  profile   rvm and  ssh folders files to a new computer and keep getting a  not a regular file  response  I know how to use the cp and ssh commands but I m not sure how to use them in order to transfer files from one computer to another   Any help would be great  thanks

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First zip or gzip the folders  Use the following command         zip -r NameYouWantForZipFile zip foldertozip       or         tar -pvczf BackUpDirectory tar gz  path to directory     for gzip compression use SCP         scp username yourserver com   serverpath public html   Desktop

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You can do this with the scp command  which uses the ssh protocol to copy files across machines  It extends the syntax of cp to allow references to other systems   scp username1 hostname1  path to file username2 hostname2  path to other file   Copy something from this machine to some other machine   scp  path to local file username hostname  path to remote file   Copy something from another machine to this machine   scp username hostname  path to remote file  path to local file   Copy with a port number specified   scp -P 1234 username hostname  path to remote file  path to local file

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You may also want to look at rsync if you re doing a lot of files   If you re going to making a lot of changes and want to keep your directories and files in sync  you may want to use a version control system like Subversion or Git   See http   xoa petdance com How to  Keep your home directory in Subversion

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