[CentOS] scp -rp behavior(SOLVED)

[Richard]

------------ Original Message ------------
> Date: Sunday, March 01, 2015 10:44:08 -0500
> From: Mark LaPierre <marklapier at gmail.com>
> To: centos at centos.org, Mark LaPierre <marklapier at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] scp -rp behavior(SOLVED)
>
> 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?
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> Valeri Galtsev
>> Sr System Administrator
>> Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
>> Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
>> University of Chicago
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>> 
> 
> 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


The problem is/was the space, after the colon, in your command:

  scp -pr mlapier at 192.168.15.105: /home/mlapier

quotes, slashes, etc. are totally unnecessary.

If you are keeping the destination name the same as the source, you
only need to use a "." (dot) for the target (whether the destination
directory/file already exists or not), not the full name. You only
need a path on the target side if you are trying to put the
directory/file in other than the home directory of the user you are
logging in as.

So, assuming you were in your home directory on the source side, all
you needed is/was:

   scp -pr mlapier at 192.168.15.105:.thunderbird .


period.


   - Richard