On 03/01/15 10:44, 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. >>> >>> On my 32 bit machine: >>> >>> [mlapier at mushroom ~]$ ifconfig >>> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:DB:E5:4E:9F >>> inet addr:192.168.15.105 >>> >>> When I issue this command on my new 64 bit machine, 192.168.15.101: >>> >>> scp -pr mlapier at 192.168.15.105: /home/mlapier/.thunderbird >>> /home/mlapier/.thunderbird >> >> How about escaping dot (with backslash) for the remote machine, or just >> giving the whole path for remote machine in quotes: >> >> scp -pr mlapier at 192.168.15.105:"/home/mlapier/.thunderbird" /home/mlapier >> >> ? >> >> Also, if you want to specify destination directory (say with different >> name) you will need to end directory with forward slash both on local and >> remote, like: >> >> scp -pr mlapier at 192.168.15.105:"/home/mlapier/.thunderbird/" \ >> /home/mlapier/.thunderbird/ >> >> (this should be one line which didn't fit for me in one line hence >> backslash...) >> >> Valeri >> >>> >>> It copies all directories and files in 192.168.15.105: /home/mlapier/ to >>> 192.168.15.101: /home/mlapier. I don't want all that, I just want the >>> .thunderbird folder and all it's contents. >>> >>> The user and group account numbers match on the two machines for this >>> user so that's not the issue. >>> >>> When I RTFM this is what I thought it said to do. I'm I misreading the >>> FM or is something weird going on here? >>> >>> -- >>> _ >>> °v° >>> /(_)\ >>> ^ ^ Mark LaPierre >>> Registered Linux user No #267004 >>> https://linuxcounter.net/ >>> **** >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >> >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Valeri Galtsev >> Sr System Administrator >> Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics >> Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics >> University of Chicago >> Phone: 773-702-4247 >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> > > 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. > > If the destination also contains a dot or other such character then put > the destination in quotes too: > > scp -pr mlapier at 192.168.15.105:"/home/mlapier/.thunderbird" > "/home/mlapier/.thunderbird" > > but only include the destination directory if the destination directory > does not yet exist otherwise you will get a copy of the source directory > inside the destination directory like this: > > /home/mlapier/.thunderbird/.thunderbird > Wow! I didn't mean to start such a spirited discussion. ;-) Thank you all for your help and explanations. Very enlightening. Maybe I'll try out the rsync example when I copy all the user homes across. I would have to know all the user passwords in order to use scp to copy over home directories that are not mine. I already use rsync to do my nightly backups. -- _ °v° /(_)\ ^ ^ Mark LaPierre Registered Linux user No #267004 https://linuxcounter.net/ ****