please give me what commands i have to use from moving folders from one server to another server

Question

We are using ubuntu server, and I have to move folders from one server to another server:

Folders: /var/www/html/demo5/site/app to /var/www/html/1/10/site
(Where app is the folder name)

Hostnames: 123.123 to host 456.456

Usernames: abc to username : xyz

I have SSH access, but I am new to these commands.

I have already tried this link, but I didn't get it to work as I am new to commands.

Could you give us the commands you tried? – Wilf Oct 21 '15 at 09:32 — Wilf, Oct 21 '15 at 09:32
sorry, i gave wrong username . it worked fine, thanks...... – spylh9999ggr Oct 21 '15 at 10:01 — spylh9999ggr, Oct 21 '15 at 10:01

A.P. · Answer 1 · 2015-10-21T12:57:21.637

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To copy files from a local machine to a remote machine, do something like this:

rsync -avz --delete /path/to/local/dir/ remote_user@remote_host:/path/to/destination/dir

(Notice that the command uses a trailing slash in /path/to/local/dir/, which you DO NOT need in /path/to/destination/dir)

After you've verified that everything worked correctly, delete the source files if you don't need them anymore.

If you don't have rsync installed, install it first with:

sudo apt-get install rsync

Rsync is the right tool for the job. It is very robust, can efficiently continue an interrupted copy job, and the command above will preserve the file attributes and permissions. To additionally preserve hard links, ACLs, and extended attributes, use rsync -aHAXvz.

edited Oct 21 '15 at 12:57

answered Oct 21 '15 at 09:22

A.P.

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i have to copy files, i will try now.... – spylh9999ggr Oct 21 '15 at 09:24
it asked for password , i gave correct password, with the same password i am connecting to filezilla,
but it showing Permission denied.
– spylh9999ggr Oct 21 '15 at 09:33
Can you log into the remote machine via SSH with this password? ssh remote_user@remote_machine – A.P. Oct 21 '15 at 09:48
@profile111 Please see the updated command in my answer. I added a trailing slash in /path/to/local/dir/ – A.P. Oct 21 '15 at 09:53
sorry, i gave wrong username . it worked fine, thanks...... – spylh9999ggr Oct 21 '15 at 10:02
Glad it helped. – A.P. Oct 21 '15 at 10:06

hg8 · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-21T09:44:00.233

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You can use secure copy (scp) :

Connect to your 123.123 host with ssh.

From here run :

 scp -r /var/www/html/demo5/site/app xyz@456.456:/var/www/html/1/10/site

(Optional) If you want a move,not a copy, delete the folder :
```
 rm -r /var/www/html/demo5/site/app
```

Refer to rcp man page for more information.

edited Oct 21 '15 at 09:44

answered Oct 21 '15 at 09:21

hg8

13,462

it asked for password , i gave correct password, with the same password i am connecting to filezilla,
but it showing Permission denied.
– spylh9999ggr Oct 21 '15 at 09:33
You gave the ssh password ? Not he ftp password? – hg8 Oct 21 '15 at 09:34
no, i gave ftp password.... is both are same ? – spylh9999ggr Oct 21 '15 at 09:35
No they are not the same, you need to put your ssh password. Do you know it ? – hg8 Oct 21 '15 at 09:38
when we login to ssh, it ask for root and password, i login with the same password. – spylh9999ggr Oct 21 '15 at 09:40
You can connect fine to 456.456 in ssh ? – hg8 Oct 21 '15 at 09:41
yes, i can connect to 456.456 ssh , that password only i gave ..... – spylh9999ggr Oct 21 '15 at 09:42
sorry, i gave wrong username . it worked fine, thanks...... – spylh9999ggr Oct 21 '15 at 10:02
Great, glad it worked for you. – hg8 Oct 21 '15 at 10:04

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 21 '15 at 09:26

You probably just have to SSH to the first one beforehand - so after running ssh abc@123.123 (with actual username and IP address), you could run something like one of these (you probably shouldn't do both):

scp -r /var/www/html/demo5/site/app xyx@456.456:/var/www/html/1/10/site
rsync -auv -e ssh --progress /var/www/html/demo5/site/app xyx@456.456:/var/www/html/1/10/site

Note that this will likely copy files. Before running any commands I would recommend backing up your current setup in case anything goes wrong.

If you want more information, you can read the manual pages of various commands using the man command - e.g. man scp, man rsync. I would also recommend looking at what options you are using before doing anything.

^{N.B. Not sure but it may be easier to have one server redirect requests to the other if you just want both servers to show the same thing, unless of course you need multiple copies available.}

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 21 '15 at 09:27

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If you have ssh access you could use scp command.

scp -r abc@123.123:/var/www/html/demo5/site/app zyz@456.456:/var/www/html/1/10/site

I get this information from here: http://www.hypexr.org/linux_scp_help.php

answered Oct 21 '15 at 09:27

migrc

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it asked for password , i gave correct password, with the same password i am connecting to filezilla,
but it showing Permission denied.
– spylh9999ggr Oct 21 '15 at 09:32
you should give the abc user or zyz user password. The same password you use to ssh to those host – migrc Oct 21 '15 at 09:36
when we login to ssh, it ask for root and password, i login with the same password. – spylh9999ggr Oct 21 '15 at 09:40
I don't remember what password it ask first, maybe you have to use xyz password first? – migrc Oct 21 '15 at 09:42
we gave same password for all, i used that one also but still permission denied – spylh9999ggr Oct 21 '15 at 09:44
Could you post the command you use when you correctly ssh to host 123.123, please? – migrc Oct 21 '15 at 09:46
i am using putty software , i am just entering the username and password to connect – spylh9999ggr Oct 21 '15 at 09:56
sorry, i gave wrong username . it worked fine, thanks...... – spylh9999ggr Oct 21 '15 at 10:02

please give me what commands i have to use from moving folders from one server to another server

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