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 to an external USB 500G hard drive. The problem
is that it appears to be trying to keep recopying the files until
the 500 gigs is reached. I let it run until the end yesterday and it
quit protesting it had run out of space.
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/Box8BkU/