Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 15:12:20 -0500 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: Peter Brezny <peter@skyrunner.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: scp odd behavior Message-ID: <20020212201220.GD23041@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <NEBBIGLHNDFEJMMIEGOOKEFEEIAA.peter@skyrunner.net> References: <NEBBIGLHNDFEJMMIEGOOKEFEEIAA.peter@skyrunner.net>
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in message <NEBBIGLHNDFEJMMIEGOOKEFEEIAA.peter@skyrunner.net>, wrote Peter Brezny thusly... > > > These two seemingly identical statements are giving different results. > > the first scp command copies the data in the htdocs filder and puts it in > the data directory > the second scp command creates an htdocs director in the data directory. > > scp -i /bkup/.ssh/identity -r -q user@host1.com:/usr/local/htdocs/ > /home/www/data/ > scp -i /bkup/.ssh/identity -r -q user@host2.com:/usr/local/htdocs/ > /home/www/data/ > > What have i missed? do you correctly remember specifying the last "/" after "htdocs"? i have not yet come across the problem as i always specify the last "/" if i need only the contents of a directory copied. it may or may not help further... rsync copies directory _and_ its contents if the last slash is missing from the source path (on the target). otherwise it copies only the contents. compare... rsync /tmp/ $HOME/tmp rsync /tmp $HOME/tmp - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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