[CentOS] scp -rp behavior(SOLVED)

Sun Mar 1 16:00:16 UTC 2015
J Martin Rushton <martinrushton56 at btinternet.com>

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On 01/03/15 15:44, Mark LaPierre wrote:
> On 02/26/15 19:45, Valeri Galtsev wrote:
>> 
>> On Thu, February 26, 2015 6:34 pm, Mark LaPierre wrote:
>>> Hey all,
>>> 
>>> I'm trying to copy configuration files from my old CentOS 6.6
>>> 32 bit machine to my new CentOS 6.6 64 bit machine.
>>> 
<snip>
>>> 
>>> scp -pr mlapier at 192.168.15.105: /home/mlapier/.thunderbird 
>>> /home/mlapier/.thunderbird
>> 
<snip>
> 
> Putting the source path in quotes, because of the dot, like this:
> 
> scp -pr mlapier at 192.168.15.105:"/home/mlapier/.thunderbird"
> /home/mlapier
> 
> worked.
<snip>

Assuming the examples have been accurately copied, then the problem is
an extra space.  The first example is trying to copy
mlapier at 192.168.15.105: to /home/mlapier/.thunderbird (with the third
parameter /home/mlapier/.thunderbird ignored).  The successful example
is trying to copy mlapier at 192.168.15.105:"/home/mlapier/.thunderbird"
to /home/mlapier which is what I assume you intended.
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