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  From: Alex Garner <alex@netcraft.com.au>
  To  : <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 22:28:18 +1030 (CST)

Re: scp and copying stuff to remote box

> Okay, the firewall is now right so I can log onto a remote machine
> with ssh and I can use scp... The owner of the remote site prefers
> that I use scp, and the ftp doesn't seem to be working anyway.
> 
> The thing is I have a simple web page to create and maintain on this
> remote site. Normally I just set a directory up on my box and use
> sitecopy (ftp) to sync the diectories...
> 
> The question is, how is it best for me to do something similar with
> scp. ie I just want to be able to update the files in a fairly
> simple operation...

Try using rsync. It's magic, and it knows ssh. Something like

	rsync -avz directory user@remotehost:/location/ --rsh ssh

might work. Of course the rsync man page is your friend here, and it
is very well written. The author (Andrew Tridgell?), assumes you want
to get going right away, rather than reading the whole thing.

Cheers

Alex!


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