Copy file (cp) from one command line (BSD) to another.

logged in via ssh, need to copy a file from another machine back to my machine.
What is the command for the extraction of the file.
I know how to cp a file from directory to directory or mv, can't remember the command.
Unix.

Linux OS DevSSH / Telnet Software

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Theodore Terry

8/22/2022 - Mon

sagiamar

9/12/2010

try here

http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/fileman.html

woolmilkporc

9/12/2010

scp /source/file user@targethost:/target/directory/
or
scp user@sourcehost:/source/file /target/directory/

Theodore Terry

9/12/2010

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woolmilkporc:

I'm in the machine via ssh I want to send file to another remote server.
A directory is what I want to cp over.

Since I'm inside the machine, shouldn't there be a -R included, I'm confused about the second line.
If I can rap my head around the path I can get it.

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anoym

9/12/2010

To copy files and subdirectories I'm using:

# scp -r -p /source_directory/* username@ip_adresse:/target_directory

To copy a whole directory you can use:

# scp -r -p /source_directory username@ip_adresse:/target_directory

and pls check:

http://amath.colorado.edu/computing/software/man/scp.html

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