Related posts about scp

• Variable directory names over SCP

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  We have a backup routine that previously ran from one disk to another on the same server, but have recently moved the source data to a remote server and are trying to replicate the job via scp. We need to run the script on the target server, and we've set up key-based scp (no username/password… >>> More

• Does SCP lock the file it is transfering?

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  Have a situation where we have an application log sitting out on an AIX server. The log is being continually written to from the application, and we have users on Windows who want to view the file. What they've been doing is using WinSCP to transfer the file to their desktop and they open it using… >>> More

• Problems with SCP stalling during file copy over VPN

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  I have a series of files I need to copy via SCP over a VPN to a remote linux server each night. The files are not large, we're talking about tens of megabytes here, but the file copy almost always stalls after a few seconds. Running the SCP command with -vvv, I see the following over and over throughout… >>> More

• scp hangs at 100%, before finishing

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  Hi, my scp commands do hang at 100% before the finish (some seconds), The output I get using -vvv is this: http://paste.pocoo.org/show/137504/ Any ideas? >>> More

• Prevent scp from copying local files?

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  I just read the Linux scp command issue question and it reminded me that I regularily forget to specify the colon in the host part of a scp command, and thus copying a file locally instead of copying to a remote host, e.g. I do scp foo host instead of scp foo host: But I never use scp to copy… >>> More