How do I copy a folder from remote to local host using scp
?
I use ssh
to log in to my server.
Then, I would like to copy the remote folder foo
to local /home/user/Desktop
.
How do I achieve this?
scp -r user@your.server.example.com:/path/to/foo /home/user/Desktop/
By not including the trailing '/' at the end of foo, you will copy the directory itself (including contents), rather than only the contents of the directory.
From man scp
(See online manual)
-r Recursively copy entire directories