scp : file transfer

Question

I missed typed by scp command - didn't give target remote directory.

scp file root@remote-machine

It didn't say any errors and I don't know whether file is transferred or not . what happened here?

Answer 1

There was no transfer to the remote host. There should be a local copy called "root@remote-machine" in your current directory.

Answer 2

You didn't include a : and then a filepath on the remote server.

The filepath can be blank (i.e. the default directory), but missing out the colon means it is treated as a local file path and not a remote one.

Answer 3

It has not been copied to remote host, you've copied the file to file named "root@remote-machine". That's all.