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Using SCP to copy files between Linux servers

Posted on April 4, 2009

even a gnome shell can look goodSCP? SCP is a method of securely transferring files between a local and a remote host or between two remote hosts, using the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol.

Sounds confusing?

Not really.

scp -C -r USERNAME@REMOTE_SERVER:/LOCAL_DIRECTORY REMOTE_DIRECTORY

Easy as that! 

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