From: Michal Suchanek <hramrach@...>
Date: 2006-09-07T18:12:31+09:00
Subject: Re: calling scp from ruby

On 9/7/06, Jan Svitok <jan.svitok@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/7/06, Jean Verger <jean.verger@gmail.com> wrote:
> > What I'm using when scping is: scp -r dirToCopy destination ( -r for
> > recursive copy folder)
> >
> > but, I believe that when dirToCopy or destination is remote, you should write:
> >
> > USER@IP:/FOLDER/FILE
> >
> > in your lines I can't see the @ sign
> >
> > Could it be like:
> > `scp -r #{sql_folder} #{remotelogin}:#{remotesqlfolder}/#{document_id}`
> > `scp -r #{sql_folder} #{remoteUSER}@#{remotesIP}:/#{document_id}`

scp file #{remotemachine}:

is fine, it copies file to remotemachine to the home of the user with
the same name (or as preconfigured in .ssh/config - you can create
shortcuts for remotemachine and configure what the remote username
should be). You can add /remotefolder/remotefile after the colon to
change the remote location.
> >
>
> (The OP seems to know the proper syntax, as he is able to do it by hand.)
>
> (I have no clue what the cause is, these are just hint what to try)
> - try another file (to see whether it is dependent on some pattern in
> the file, or whether it transfers the same size all the time)
> - try removing few line around that line
> - try using system instead of ``
> - look at the logs on the remote side

Try the -v switch to scp. Perhaps it will break even more but perhaps
it would do the same and show useful information.

Thanks

Michal