SSH / SFTP from one machine to another

[Paul Johnson]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Pete Clapham <peteclapham at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Hi, all --
>
> Can anybody tell me the syntax by which I would SFTP (or FTP) a complete
> file hierarchy from one Ubuntu machine to another?
>
> Thanks
>
>

I think this is the best way

rsync -e ssh -rav  my_directory  user at other.computer:wherever

wherever must be in the user's account on other server.  this drops
my_directory into it.  rsync is one of the best man pages for users.
Not cryptic or confusing. Plenty of good examples.

scp -r x user at other.computer:wherever

also works, but is less fun

pj

-- 
Paul E. Johnson
Professor, Political Science
1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504
University of Kansas