Re: SCP problem

From: Matt Bostock (matt_at_mattbostock.com)
Date: 03/24/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 23:19:41 -0000

Ah I see :)

Thanks Sybren!

Matt 

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"Sybren Stuvel" <sybrenUSE@YOURthirdtower.imagination.com> wrote in message
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> Matt Bostock enlightened us with:
> > It just seems odd that I had to use the second solution; I'm probably
> > totally overseeing something. Any tips?
>
> The difference between the two commands is this: with the first command
> you tell 'scp' to copy a directory. The second command tells scp to copy
> the *contents* of that directory. It's the difference between a dir and
> the files it contains. I'm sure
>
> $ scp -r /backups/anotherdirectory/*
> admin@111.111.111.111:/backups/anotherdirectory
>
> would have worked as well.
>
> Sybren
> -- 
> The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
> capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
> safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
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