Re: SCP problem -

2012-11-25 Thread Roberto Ragusa
On 11/25/2012 02:15 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA writes: > >> >> Is there something wrong with this command? >> >> [root@box9 simple]# scp -r bobg@box8:/home/bobg/ >> /run/media/bobg/Simple/Box8BkU >> >> I would like to copy the contents [roughly 44G per du -

Re: SCP problem -

2012-11-24 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA writes: Is there something wrong with this command? [root@box9 simple]# scp -r bobg@box8:/home/bobg/ /run/media/bobg/Simple/Box8BkU I would like to copy the contents [roughly 44G per du -h] of /home/bobg/ on box8 to an external USB 500

Re: SCP problem -

2012-11-24 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
ributes Yes, rsync is probably the best tool for the job in this case. But anyway, I sometimes wonder how come that scp doesn't have an option to disable symbolic links. It's an obvious thing to have, precisely for these purposes... Best,:-) Marko That probably explains my scp prob

Re: SCP problem -

2012-11-24 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 24/11/12 16:01, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: Ok, I cleared all the files from the previous effort and restarted it with rsync which seems to be running happily. I will report the results. Thank you, Bob Success, this time it transferred about 46 gigs. Rsync

Re: SCP problem -

2012-11-24 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Sat, 24 Nov 2012 22:47:20 +0100 Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 24.11.2012 22:42, schrieb Marko Vojinovic: > > However, your problem seems to be in the circular links in the > > source /home/bobg/. Somewhere under the directory tree, there is > > probably a soft link pointing to its own parent

Re: SCP problem -

2012-11-24 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 24.11.2012 22:42, schrieb Marko Vojinovic: > However, your problem seems to be in the circular links in the > source /home/bobg/. Somewhere under the directory tree, there is > probably a soft link pointing to its own parent directory (or several > levels up). Since scp follows symbolic links

Re: SCP problem -

2012-11-24 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:19:41 -0500 "Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA" wrote: > Is there something wrong with this command? > > [root@box9 simple]# scp -r bobg@box8:/home/bobg/ > /run/media/bobg/Simple/Box8BkU > > I would like to copy the contents [roughly 44G per du -h]

Re: SCP problem -

2012-11-24 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 24.11.2012 22:25, schrieb Aaron Konstam: > On Sat, 2012-11-24 at 15:19 -0500, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA > wrote: >> Is there something wrong with this command? >> >> [root@box9 simple]# scp -r bobg@box8:/home/bobg/ >> /run/media/bobg/Simple/Box8BkU > > I would star

Re: SCP problem -

2012-11-24 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Sat, 2012-11-24 at 15:19 -0500, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > Is there something wrong with this command? > > [root@box9 simple]# scp -r bobg@box8:/home/bobg/ > /run/media/bobg/Simple/Box8BkU > > I would like to copy the contents [roughly 44G per du -h] of

Re: SCP problem -

2012-11-24 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 24.11.2012 22:01, schrieb Bob Goodwin - Zuni: > On 24/11/12 15:42, Matthew Miller wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 09:29:08PM +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: >>> if would use rsync instead of scp for many reasons >>> rsync -ztPrlHpogEAX bobg@box8:/home/bobg/ /run/media/bobg/Simple/Box8BkU/ >> >>

Re: SCP problem -

2012-11-24 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 24/11/12 15:42, Matthew Miller wrote: On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 09:29:08PM +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: if would use rsync instead of scp for many reasons rsync -ztPrlHpogEAX bobg@box8:/home/bobg/ /run/media/bobg/Simple/Box8BkU/ +1 to using rsync. Although, instead of that alphabet soup, I wo

Re: SCP problem -

2012-11-24 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 24.11.2012 21:37, schrieb Bob Goodwin - Zuni: > On 24/11/12 15:29, Reindl Harald wrote: >> maybe some bug because /run/ is tmpfs >> >> GENERALLY: use a trailing slash for scp/rsync if you mean folders >> /run/media/bobg/Simple/Box8BkU/ >> >> if would use rsync instead of scp for many reasons >

Re: SCP problem -

2012-11-24 Thread Matthew Miller
On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 09:29:08PM +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: > if would use rsync instead of scp for many reasons > rsync -ztPrlHpogEAX bobg@box8:/home/bobg/ /run/media/bobg/Simple/Box8BkU/ +1 to using rsync. Although, instead of that alphabet soup, I would just use "rsync -avP" adding H and X

Re: SCP problem -

2012-11-24 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 24/11/12 15:29, Reindl Harald wrote: maybe some bug because /run/ is tmpfs GENERALLY: use a trailing slash for scp/rsync if you mean folders /run/media/bobg/Simple/Box8BkU/ if would use rsync instead of scp for many reasons rsync -ztPrlHpogEAX bobg@box8:/home/bobg/ /run/media/bobg/Simple/Bo

Re: SCP problem -

2012-11-24 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 24.11.2012 21:19, schrieb Bob Goodwin - Zuni: > >Is there something wrong with this command? > >[root@box9 simple]# scp -r bobg@box8:/home/bobg/ >/run/media/bobg/Simple/Box8BkU > >I would like to copy the contents [roughly 44G per du -h] of >/home/bobg/ on box8

SCP problem -

2012-11-24 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
Is there something wrong with this command? [root@box9 simple]# scp -r bobg@box8:/home/bobg/ /run/media/bobg/Simple/Box8BkU I would like to copy the contents [roughly 44G per du -h] of /home/bobg/ on box8 to an external USB 500G hard drive. The problem is that it appe