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Moving Files Between Linux Systems With SCP This article is about how to move files between servers using the scp (secure copy) command. To show how it works, I will move files from my HDD to a virtual machine running on VirtualBox. There is Linux Mint 11 installed on both drives.
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A nice article, but you have included some very basic mistakes that need to be highlighted.
- You should not use the root account to transfer files.
- Setting the file permissions on any file to 777 is totally insecure. An MP4 file does not need to be executable at all.
This does actually copy the file.
Hi,
I have two Virtual instances of Debian running. I see both have same IP address. So I can not copy from one machine to another one. if I use scp, It copies the file on the same machine. Any hint?
Best Regards,
The title of your article is "Moving Files Between Linux Systems With SCP" - however - this is "just" a copy - the original files remain in their original location and an additional copy of that file will now also exist in the destination location. I am interested in actually MOVING files from one system to another - where the file would *only* exist in the new location. Of course, I could run an "scp" command and then an "rm" command - but - I would have to somehow check that the copy was successful, before removing it from the source - which I think it part of the "move" commands in other operating systems (the remove doesn't occur if the copy didn't complete successfully, at least in theory).
Anyway - is there an "easy" way to do this?