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I have a folder on my mac that I need to move over to my server. I can ssh in the server but how do i get this folder up....

say I am on my local computer and the folder is named shared and I want to put it on the server in /srv/www/somesite/current. How do i enter the password in my scp command

I found this but i dont think its right

scp -r shared/* [email protected]:/srv/www/somesite/current/shared
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  • I might suggest using sftp instead of scp. At least for me it's more intuitive.
    – CarlF
    Feb 18, 2011 at 18:45

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scp -r shared [email protected]:/srv/www/somesite/current

will create a folder named 'shared' in somesite/current containing all of the content.

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You don't need the wildcard:

scp -r shared [email protected]:/srv/www/somesite/current/

Assuming your server is using password auth and the standard SSH port, you should be prompted for a password.

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    You can also use rsync: rsync -aPzv shared [email protected]:/srv/www/somesite/current/
    – Sam Stainsby
    Feb 18, 2011 at 2:01

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