scp files from local to remote machine error: no such file or directory

Question

I want to be able to transfer a directory and all its files from my local machine to my remote one. I dont use SCP much so I am a bit confused.

I am connected to my remote machine via ssh and I typed in the command

scp name127.0.0.1:local/machine/path/to/directory filename

the local/machine/path/to/directory is the value i got from using pwd in the desired directory on my local host.

I am currently getting the error

No such file or directory

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26346277/scp-files-from-local-to-remote-machine-error-no-such-file-or-directory

Answer 1

Looks like you are trying to copy to a local machine with that command.

An example scp looks more like the command below:

Copy the file "foobar.txt" from the local host to a remote host

$ scp foobar.txt your_username@remotehost.edu:/some/remote/directory

scp "the_file" your_username@the_remote_host:the/path/to/the/directory

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to send a directory:

Copy the directory "foo" from the local host to a remote host's directory "bar"

$ scp -r foo your_username@remotehost.edu:/some/remote/directory/bar

scp -r "the_directory_to_copy" your_username@the_remote_host:the/path/to/the/directory/to/copy/to

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and to copy from remote host to local:

Copy the file "foobar.txt" from a remote host to the local host

$ scp your_username@remotehost.edu:foobar.txt /your/local/directory

scp your_username@the_remote_host:the_file /your/local/directory

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and to include port number:

Copy the file "foobar.txt" from a remote host with port 8080 to the local host

$ scp -P 8080 your_username@remotehost.edu:foobar.txt /your/local/directory

scp -P port_number your_username@the_remote_host:the_file /your/local/directory

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From a windows machine to linux machine using putty

pscp -r <directory_to_copy> username@remotehost:/path/to/directory/on/remote/host