copy command

[rajesh73]

 normally i am using scp for file copy, but i need to copy the director to some other server , ple help me the command

file copy command to other host

scp DBarch_00.dbf root@195.200.165.32:/dump/arch

[Dennis Handly]

How about using scp's -r option?

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/System-Administration/scp-an-entire-directory/td-p/4873076

[madhucertify]

Hi Rajesh,

scp -rp dirname targethostname:/destination path

it will ask for password,if public key is not present in destination server.

step 2:

if hostname is available in .rhosts  file,you can also use rcp.

regards

madhu