Remote Linux server to remote linux server dir copy How

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What is the best way to copy a directory  with sub-dirs and files  from one remote Linux server to another remote Linux server  I have connected to both using SSH client  like Putty   I have root access to both

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Use rsync so that you can continue if the connection gets broken  And if something changes you can copy them much faster too   Rsync works with SSH so your copy operation is secure

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There are two ways I usually do this  both use ssh   scp -r sourcedir  user dest com  dest dir    or  the more robust and faster  in terms of transfer speed  method   rsync -auv -e ssh --progress sourcedir  user dest com  dest dir    Read the man pages for each command if you want more details about how they work

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Try unison if the task is recurring  http   www cis upenn edu  bcpierce unison

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There are two ways I usually do this  both use ssh   scp -r sourcedir  user dest com  dest dir    or  the more robust and faster  in terms of transfer speed  method   rsync -auv -e ssh --progress sourcedir  user dest com  dest dir    Read the man pages for each command if you want more details about how they work

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Check out scp or rsync   man scp man rsync  scp file1 file2 dir3 user remotehost path

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Try unison if the task is recurring  http   www cis upenn edu  bcpierce unison

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I used rdiffbackup http   www nongnu org rdiff-backup index html because it does all you need without any fancy options  It s based on the rsync algorithm  If you only need to copy one time  you can later remove the rdiff-backup-data directory on the destination host   rdiff-backup user1 host1   source-dir user2 host2   dest-dir   from the doc      rdiff-backup also preserves    subdirectories  hard links  dev files    permissions  uid gid ownership     modification times  extended   attributes  acls  and resource forks    which is an bonus to the scp -p proposals as the -p option does not preserve all  e g  rights on directories are set badly   install on ubuntu   sudo apt-get install rdiff-backup

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scp as mentioned above is usually a best way  but don t forget colon in the remote directory spec otherwise you ll get copy of source directory on local machine

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If you are serious about wanting an exact copy  you probably also want to use the -p switch to scp  if you re using that   I ve found that scp reads from devices  and I ve had problems with cpio  so I personally always use tar  like this   cd  origin  find   -xdev -depth -not -path   lost found -print0     tar --create --atime-preserve system --null --files-from - --format posix   --no-recursion --sparse   ssh targethost  cd  target  tar --extract   --overwrite --preserve-permissions --sparse    I keep this incantation around in a file with various other means of copying files around   This one is for copying over SSH  the other ones are for copying to a compressed archive  for copying within the same computer  and for copying over an unencrypted TCP socket when SSH is too slow

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Well  quick answer would to take a look at the  scp  manpage  or perhaps rsync - depending exactly on what you need to copy   If you had to  you could even do tar-over-ssh   tar cvf -   ssh server tar xf -

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scp will do the job  but there is one wrinkle  the connection to the second remote destination will use the configuration on the first remote destination  so if you use  ssh config on the local environment  and you expect rsa and dsa keys to work  you have to forward your agent to the first remote host

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Log in to one machine       scp -r  path to top directory user server  path to copy

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rsync -avlzp  path to folder name remote server  path to remote folder

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Use rsync so that you can continue if the connection gets broken  And if something changes you can copy them much faster too   Rsync works with SSH so your copy operation is secure

User · Answer

scp as mentioned above is usually a best way  but don t forget colon in the remote directory spec otherwise you ll get copy of source directory on local machine

User · Answer

Well  quick answer would to take a look at the  scp  manpage  or perhaps rsync - depending exactly on what you need to copy   If you had to  you could even do tar-over-ssh   tar cvf -   ssh server tar xf -

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scp -r  lt directory gt   lt username gt   lt targethost gt   lt targetdir gt

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scp -r  lt directory gt   lt username gt   lt targethost gt   lt targetdir gt

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I think you can try with   rsync -azvu -e ssh user host1  directory  user host2  directory2     and I assume you are on host0 and you want to copy from host1 to host2 directly   If the above does not work  you could try   ssh user host1   usr bin rsync -azvu -e ssh  directory  user host2  directory2     in the this  it would work  if you already have setup passwordless SSH login from host1 to host2

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scp as mentioned above is usually a best way  but don t forget colon in the remote directory spec otherwise you ll get copy of source directory on local machine

User · Answer

Well  quick answer would to take a look at the  scp  manpage  or perhaps rsync - depending exactly on what you need to copy   If you had to  you could even do tar-over-ssh   tar cvf -   ssh server tar xf -

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scp -r  lt directory gt   lt username gt   lt targethost gt   lt targetdir gt

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Try unison if the task is recurring  http   www cis upenn edu  bcpierce unison

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scp -r  lt directory gt   lt username gt   lt targethost gt   lt targetdir gt

User · Answer

Check out scp or rsync   man scp man rsync  scp file1 file2 dir3 user remotehost path

User · Answer

scp will do the job  but there is one wrinkle  the connection to the second remote destination will use the configuration on the first remote destination  so if you use  ssh config on the local environment  and you expect rsa and dsa keys to work  you have to forward your agent to the first remote host

User · Answer

Check out scp or rsync   man scp man rsync  scp file1 file2 dir3 user remotehost path

User · Answer

If you are serious about wanting an exact copy  you probably also want to use the -p switch to scp  if you re using that   I ve found that scp reads from devices  and I ve had problems with cpio  so I personally always use tar  like this   cd  origin  find   -xdev -depth -not -path   lost found -print0     tar --create --atime-preserve system --null --files-from - --format posix   --no-recursion --sparse   ssh targethost  cd  target  tar --extract   --overwrite --preserve-permissions --sparse    I keep this incantation around in a file with various other means of copying files around   This one is for copying over SSH  the other ones are for copying to a compressed archive  for copying within the same computer  and for copying over an unencrypted TCP socket when SSH is too slow

User · Answer

There are two ways I usually do this  both use ssh   scp -r sourcedir  user dest com  dest dir    or  the more robust and faster  in terms of transfer speed  method   rsync -auv -e ssh --progress sourcedir  user dest com  dest dir    Read the man pages for each command if you want more details about how they work

User · Answer

I think you can try with   rsync -azvu -e ssh user host1  directory  user host2  directory2     and I assume you are on host0 and you want to copy from host1 to host2 directly   If the above does not work  you could try   ssh user host1   usr bin rsync -azvu -e ssh  directory  user host2  directory2     in the this  it would work  if you already have setup passwordless SSH login from host1 to host2

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I like to pipe tar through ssh     tar cf -  directory    ssh  username   hostname  tar xf - -C  destination on remote box   This method gives you lots of options   Since you should have root ssh disabled copying files for multiple user accounts is hard since you are logging into the remote server as a normal user   To get around this you can create a tar file on the remote box that still hold that preserves ownership   tar cf -  directory    ssh  username   hostname   cat   output tar   For slow connections you can add compression  z for gzip or j for bzip2   tar cjf -  directory    ssh  username   hostname   cat   output tar bz2   tar czf -  directory    ssh  username   hostname   cat   output tar gz   tar czf -  directory    ssh  username   hostname  tar xzf - -C  destination on remote box

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As non-root user ideally   scp -r src  host  path  If you already some of the content on  host consider using rsync with ssh as a tunnel    Allan

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rsync -avlzp  path to folder name remote server  path to remote folder

User · Answer

I like to pipe tar through ssh     tar cf -  directory    ssh  username   hostname  tar xf - -C  destination on remote box   This method gives you lots of options   Since you should have root ssh disabled copying files for multiple user accounts is hard since you are logging into the remote server as a normal user   To get around this you can create a tar file on the remote box that still hold that preserves ownership   tar cf -  directory    ssh  username   hostname   cat   output tar   For slow connections you can add compression  z for gzip or j for bzip2   tar cjf -  directory    ssh  username   hostname   cat   output tar bz2   tar czf -  directory    ssh  username   hostname   cat   output tar gz   tar czf -  directory    ssh  username   hostname  tar xzf - -C  destination on remote box

User · Answer

Use rsync so that you can continue if the connection gets broken  And if something changes you can copy them much faster too   Rsync works with SSH so your copy operation is secure

User · Answer

As non-root user ideally   scp -r src  host  path  If you already some of the content on  host consider using rsync with ssh as a tunnel    Allan

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Log in to one machine       scp -r  path to top directory user server  path to copy

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I would modify a previously suggested reply   rsync -avlzp  path to sfolder name remote server  path to remote dfolder   as follows   -a  for archive  implies -rlptgoD so the l and p above are superfluous  I also like to include -H  which copies hard links   It is not part of -a by default because it s expensive   So now we have this   rsync -aHvz  path to sfolder name remote server  path to remote dfolder   You also have to be careful about trailing slashes   You probably want  rsync -aHvz  path to sfolder  name remote server  path to remote dfolder   if the desire is for the contents of the source  sfolder  to appear in the destination  dfolder    Without the trailing slash  an  sfolder  subdirectory would be created in the destination  dfolder

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Well  quick answer would to take a look at the  scp  manpage  or perhaps rsync - depending exactly on what you need to copy   If you had to  you could even do tar-over-ssh   tar cvf -   ssh server tar xf -

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I would modify a previously suggested reply   rsync -avlzp  path to sfolder name remote server  path to remote dfolder   as follows   -a  for archive  implies -rlptgoD so the l and p above are superfluous  I also like to include -H  which copies hard links   It is not part of -a by default because it s expensive   So now we have this   rsync -aHvz  path to sfolder name remote server  path to remote dfolder   You also have to be careful about trailing slashes   You probably want  rsync -aHvz  path to sfolder  name remote server  path to remote dfolder   if the desire is for the contents of the source  sfolder  to appear in the destination  dfolder    Without the trailing slash  an  sfolder  subdirectory would be created in the destination  dfolder

User · Answer

Try unison if the task is recurring  http   www cis upenn edu  bcpierce unison

User · Answer

I used rdiffbackup http   www nongnu org rdiff-backup index html because it does all you need without any fancy options  It s based on the rsync algorithm  If you only need to copy one time  you can later remove the rdiff-backup-data directory on the destination host   rdiff-backup user1 host1   source-dir user2 host2   dest-dir   from the doc      rdiff-backup also preserves    subdirectories  hard links  dev files    permissions  uid gid ownership     modification times  extended   attributes  acls  and resource forks    which is an bonus to the scp -p proposals as the -p option does not preserve all  e g  rights on directories are set badly   install on ubuntu   sudo apt-get install rdiff-backup

User · Answer

Log in to one machine       scp -r  path to top directory user server  path to copy

User · Answer

I think you can try with   rsync -azvu -e ssh user host1  directory  user host2  directory2     and I assume you are on host0 and you want to copy from host1 to host2 directly   If the above does not work  you could try   ssh user host1   usr bin rsync -azvu -e ssh  directory  user host2  directory2     in the this  it would work  if you already have setup passwordless SSH login from host1 to host2

User · Answer

I used rdiffbackup http   www nongnu org rdiff-backup index html because it does all you need without any fancy options  It s based on the rsync algorithm  If you only need to copy one time  you can later remove the rdiff-backup-data directory on the destination host   rdiff-backup user1 host1   source-dir user2 host2   dest-dir   from the doc      rdiff-backup also preserves    subdirectories  hard links  dev files    permissions  uid gid ownership     modification times  extended   attributes  acls  and resource forks    which is an bonus to the scp -p proposals as the -p option does not preserve all  e g  rights on directories are set badly   install on ubuntu   sudo apt-get install rdiff-backup

User · Answer

As non-root user ideally   scp -r src  host  path  If you already some of the content on  host consider using rsync with ssh as a tunnel    Allan

User · Answer

Use rsync so that you can continue if the connection gets broken  And if something changes you can copy them much faster too   Rsync works with SSH so your copy operation is secure

User · Answer

Check out scp or rsync   man scp man rsync  scp file1 file2 dir3 user remotehost path

User · Answer

I used rdiffbackup http   www nongnu org rdiff-backup index html because it does all you need without any fancy options  It s based on the rsync algorithm  If you only need to copy one time  you can later remove the rdiff-backup-data directory on the destination host   rdiff-backup user1 host1   source-dir user2 host2   dest-dir   from the doc      rdiff-backup also preserves    subdirectories  hard links  dev files    permissions  uid gid ownership     modification times  extended   attributes  acls  and resource forks    which is an bonus to the scp -p proposals as the -p option does not preserve all  e g  rights on directories are set badly   install on ubuntu   sudo apt-get install rdiff-backup

User · Answer

There are two ways I usually do this  both use ssh   scp -r sourcedir  user dest com  dest dir    or  the more robust and faster  in terms of transfer speed  method   rsync -auv -e ssh --progress sourcedir  user dest com  dest dir    Read the man pages for each command if you want more details about how they work

User · Answer

If you are serious about wanting an exact copy  you probably also want to use the -p switch to scp  if you re using that   I ve found that scp reads from devices  and I ve had problems with cpio  so I personally always use tar  like this   cd  origin  find   -xdev -depth -not -path   lost found -print0     tar --create --atime-preserve system --null --files-from - --format posix   --no-recursion --sparse   ssh targethost  cd  target  tar --extract   --overwrite --preserve-permissions --sparse    I keep this incantation around in a file with various other means of copying files around   This one is for copying over SSH  the other ones are for copying to a compressed archive  for copying within the same computer  and for copying over an unencrypted TCP socket when SSH is too slow

User · Answer

scp as mentioned above is usually a best way  but don t forget colon in the remote directory spec otherwise you ll get copy of source directory on local machine

User · Answer

rsync -avlzp  path to folder name remote server  path to remote folder

User · Answer

As non-root user ideally   scp -r src  host  path  If you already some of the content on  host consider using rsync with ssh as a tunnel    Allan

User · Answer

If you are serious about wanting an exact copy  you probably also want to use the -p switch to scp  if you re using that   I ve found that scp reads from devices  and I ve had problems with cpio  so I personally always use tar  like this   cd  origin  find   -xdev -depth -not -path   lost found -print0     tar --create --atime-preserve system --null --files-from - --format posix   --no-recursion --sparse   ssh targethost  cd  target  tar --extract   --overwrite --preserve-permissions --sparse    I keep this incantation around in a file with various other means of copying files around   This one is for copying over SSH  the other ones are for copying to a compressed archive  for copying within the same computer  and for copying over an unencrypted TCP socket when SSH is too slow

User · Answer

Log in to one machine       scp -r  path to top directory user server  path to copy

User · Answer

rsync -avlzp  path to folder name remote server  path to remote folder

User · Answer

I think you can try with   rsync -azvu -e ssh user host1  directory  user host2  directory2     and I assume you are on host0 and you want to copy from host1 to host2 directly   If the above does not work  you could try   ssh user host1   usr bin rsync -azvu -e ssh  directory  user host2  directory2     in the this  it would work  if you already have setup passwordless SSH login from host1 to host2

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