9.3.2. Using the scp Utility
scp can be used to transfer files between machines over a secure, encrypted connection. In its design, it is very similar to rcp.
To transfer a local file to a remote system, use a command in the following form:
scp localfile username@hostname:remotefile
For example, if you want to transfer taglist.vim to a remote machine named penguin.example.com, type the following at a shell prompt:
~]$ scp taglist.vim [email protected]:.vim/plugin/taglist.vim
[email protected]'s password:
taglist.vim 100% 144KB 144.5KB/s 00:00
Multiple files can be specified at once. To transfer the contents of .vim/plugin/ to the same directory on the remote machine penguin.example.com, type the following command:
~]$ scp .vim/plugin/* [email protected]:.vim/plugin/
[email protected]'s password:
closetag.vim 100% 13KB 12.6KB/s 00:00
snippetsEmu.vim 100% 33KB 33.1KB/s 00:00
taglist.vim 100% 144KB 144.5KB/s 00:00
To transfer a remote file to the local system, use the following syntax:
scp username@hostname:remotefile localfile
For instance, to download the .vimrc configuration file from the remote machine, type:
~]$ scp [email protected]:.vimrc .vimrc
[email protected]'s password:
.vimrc 100% 2233 2.2KB/s 00:00
