On Thursday 07 February 2002 02:22 pm, Federico Voges warbled: > >Can you use a 'directory name' for remote and use -r ? > > Yes, you can. IIRC, if you include the last "/" (eg: > /home/fvoges/docs/) it will create the directory: > > scp -r user@host:~/docs . > will copy everything in the docs dir (recursively) to the current dir. > > scp -r user@host:~/docs/ . > will create a new docs directory in the current (local) dir. The, it > will copy everything in the docs dir (recursively) to it. > > > You'll have to try...
I tried and thats why I asked. The syntax is 'all' and that is not explained in easy two syllable words, suitable for an old fellas brain. Unfortunately most developers and howto writers have a set of assumptions, that something is known and plain to see. -- Keith Antoine aka 'skippy' 18 Arkana St, The Gap, Queensland 4061 Australia PH:61733002161 Retired Geriatric, Sometime Electronics Engineer, Knowall, Brain in storage _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
