Why does scp seem to be failing?
The copy seems to be failing. I was actually trying to copy a large directory and assumed it was failing because of the size, so I made a simple example with a small file, to demonstrate.
hduser@hnode0:~ $ ls -la myfile
-rw-r--r-- 1 hduser hdgroup 0 Aug 7 09:42 myfile
hduser@hnode0:~ $ scp myfile hduser@hnode2
hduser@hnode0:~ $ ssh hnode2
hduser@hnode2:~ $ ls -la myfile
ls: cannot access 'myfile': No such file or directory
hduser@hnode2:~ $ sudo find / -iname myfile
[sudo] password for hduser:
hduser@hnode2:~ $
Does scp write to a log ?
debian ssh raspbian scp
edited Jan 30 at 20:56
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The copy seems to be failing. I was actually trying to copy a large directory and assumed it was failing because of the size, so I made a simple example with a small file, to demonstrate.
hduser@hnode0:~ $ ls -la myfile
-rw-r--r-- 1 hduser hdgroup 0 Aug 7 09:42 myfile
hduser@hnode0:~ $ scp myfile hduser@hnode2
hduser@hnode0:~ $ ssh hnode2
hduser@hnode2:~ $ ls -la myfile
ls: cannot access 'myfile': No such file or directory
hduser@hnode2:~ $ sudo find / -iname myfile
[sudo] password for hduser:
hduser@hnode2:~ $
Does scp write to a log ?
debian ssh raspbian scp
edited Jan 30 at 20:56
Rui F Ribeiro
40.1k1479135
asked Aug 7 '18 at 9:57
Joe KingJoe King
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add a comment |
The copy seems to be failing. I was actually trying to copy a large directory and assumed it was failing because of the size, so I made a simple example with a small file, to demonstrate.
hduser@hnode0:~ $ ls -la myfile
-rw-r--r-- 1 hduser hdgroup 0 Aug 7 09:42 myfile
hduser@hnode0:~ $ scp myfile hduser@hnode2
hduser@hnode0:~ $ ssh hnode2
hduser@hnode2:~ $ ls -la myfile
ls: cannot access 'myfile': No such file or directory
hduser@hnode2:~ $ sudo find / -iname myfile
[sudo] password for hduser:
hduser@hnode2:~ $
Does scp write to a log ?
debian ssh raspbian scp
edited Jan 30 at 20:56
Rui F Ribeiro
40.1k1479135
asked Aug 7 '18 at 9:57
Joe KingJoe King
1133
The copy seems to be failing. I was actually trying to copy a large directory and assumed it was failing because of the size, so I made a simple example with a small file, to demonstrate.
hduser@hnode0:~ $ ls -la myfile
-rw-r--r-- 1 hduser hdgroup 0 Aug 7 09:42 myfile
hduser@hnode0:~ $ scp myfile hduser@hnode2
hduser@hnode0:~ $ ssh hnode2
hduser@hnode2:~ $ ls -la myfile
ls: cannot access 'myfile': No such file or directory
hduser@hnode2:~ $ sudo find / -iname myfile
[sudo] password for hduser:
hduser@hnode2:~ $
Does scp write to a log ?
debian ssh raspbian scp
debian ssh raspbian scp
edited Jan 30 at 20:56
Rui F Ribeiro
40.1k1479135
asked Aug 7 '18 at 9:57
Joe KingJoe King
1133
edited Jan 30 at 20:56
Rui F Ribeiro
40.1k1479135
asked Aug 7 '18 at 9:57
Joe KingJoe King
1133
edited Jan 30 at 20:56
Rui F Ribeiro
40.1k1479135
edited Jan 30 at 20:56
Rui F Ribeiro
40.1k1479135
edited Jan 30 at 20:56
Rui F Ribeiro
40.1k1479135
40.1k1479135
asked Aug 7 '18 at 9:57
Joe KingJoe King
1133
asked Aug 7 '18 at 9:57
Joe KingJoe King
1133
asked Aug 7 '18 at 9:57
Joe KingJoe King
1133
1133
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The scp is not failing, but it isn't doing what you expect it to do.
With
scp file user@host
you make a copy of file called user@host in the current directory (locally).
With
scp file user@host:
you copy file to the remote host host and place it in the home directory of user.
From the scp manual:
The source and target may be specified as a local pathname, a remote host
with optional path in the form[user@]host:[path], or a URI in the form
scp://[user@]host[:port][/path]. Local file names can be made explicit
using absolute or relative pathnames to avoidscptreating file names
containing:as host specifiers.
Note that it is the : in the source or target filename operand that determines whether it specifies a remote or local location (in the first non-URI form of the argument).
answered Aug 7 '18 at 10:00
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The scp is not failing, but it isn't doing what you expect it to do.
With
scp file user@host
you make a copy of file called user@host in the current directory (locally).
With
scp file user@host:
you copy file to the remote host host and place it in the home directory of user.
From the scp manual:
The source and target may be specified as a local pathname, a remote host
with optional path in the form[user@]host:[path], or a URI in the form
scp://[user@]host[:port][/path]. Local file names can be made explicit
using absolute or relative pathnames to avoidscptreating file names
containing:as host specifiers.
Note that it is the : in the source or target filename operand that determines whether it specifies a remote or local location (in the first non-URI form of the argument).
answered Aug 7 '18 at 10:00
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The scp is not failing, but it isn't doing what you expect it to do.
With
scp file user@host
you make a copy of file called user@host in the current directory (locally).
With
scp file user@host:
you copy file to the remote host host and place it in the home directory of user.
From the scp manual:
The source and target may be specified as a local pathname, a remote host
with optional path in the form[user@]host:[path], or a URI in the form
scp://[user@]host[:port][/path]. Local file names can be made explicit
using absolute or relative pathnames to avoidscptreating file names
containing:as host specifiers.
Note that it is the : in the source or target filename operand that determines whether it specifies a remote or local location (in the first non-URI form of the argument).
answered Aug 7 '18 at 10:00
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The scp is not failing, but it isn't doing what you expect it to do.
With
scp file user@host
you make a copy of file called user@host in the current directory (locally).
With
scp file user@host:
you copy file to the remote host host and place it in the home directory of user.
From the scp manual:
The source and target may be specified as a local pathname, a remote host
with optional path in the form[user@]host:[path], or a URI in the form
scp://[user@]host[:port][/path]. Local file names can be made explicit
using absolute or relative pathnames to avoidscptreating file names
containing:as host specifiers.
Note that it is the : in the source or target filename operand that determines whether it specifies a remote or local location (in the first non-URI form of the argument).
answered Aug 7 '18 at 10:00
KusalanandaKusalananda
129k16243400
The scp is not failing, but it isn't doing what you expect it to do.
With
scp file user@host
you make a copy of file called user@host in the current directory (locally).
With
scp file user@host:
you copy file to the remote host host and place it in the home directory of user.
From the scp manual:
The source and target may be specified as a local pathname, a remote host
with optional path in the form[user@]host:[path], or a URI in the form
scp://[user@]host[:port][/path]. Local file names can be made explicit
using absolute or relative pathnames to avoidscptreating file names
containing:as host specifiers.
Note that it is the : in the source or target filename operand that determines whether it specifies a remote or local location (in the first non-URI form of the argument).
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