How do I copy a file with Colon (punctuation) name in it. When I type the following command to copy “file:name.txt” to a remote host called server1:
scp file:name.txt user@server1:/path
I get the following error:
ssh: Could not resolve hostname s: Name or service not known
How do I copy file with scp or rsync with a colon in it?
How do I copy all hidden files from $HOME using scp command line tool?
I know how to use rsync for Unix systems which synchronizes files and directories from one location to another while minimizing data transfer. However, I would like to synchronizing files between two directories, either on one computer, or between a computer and another server. How do I maintain the same version of files on multiple servers?
by Vivek Gite on January 12, 2010 · 1 comment
How do I show progress while copying files using rsync locally or remotely?
Q. How do I make remote backups under Linux? I’ve CentOS 5 Linux server located in remote data center and I’d like to backup it to local or another server? A. Both Linux / UNIX come with handy tools to make secure remote backups. You can use tool called rsync for automating remote backups of [...]