scp'ing multiple files in one pass - to multiple destinations on one target server?

Question

I would like to scp about a half dozen files in a couple directories to the same directories on a target machine.

Without utilizing ssh keys, is this possible in one call?

For example:

scp /path/to/fileA,/anoth/erpath/to/fileB,/yet/more/files/*    #continue next line
    destination:/path/to,/anoth/erpath/to,/yet/more/files

Answer 1

Zip up the files on the sending side and unzip them on the receiving side.

tar -cf - /path/to/fileA /anoth/erpath/to/fileB /yet/more/files/* |
ssh -C destination 'cd / && tar -xf -'

You could also script an sftp session, or use rsync with the right filter.

Answer 2

You can copy from multiple src to one destination. scp -r src1 src2 ... dst But not to multiple destinations.

One option is to copy all the directory to a temp destination directory. Then move them back afterwards.

Answer 3

Look at pssh package. It has parallel-scp command. -h option allows you to provide text file with multiple hosts as destination (one per line).