Scp command syntax for copying a folder from local machine to a remote server

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Warrior picture Warrior · May 10, 2011 · Viewed 116k times · Source

I am using putty for copying files from local machine to remote server.My folder is in C:/site can any one give syntax for copying folder from C:/site to remote server using scp

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Kiril Kirov picture Kiril Kirov · May 10, 2011 
scp -r C:/site user@server_ip:path

path is the place, where site will be copied into the remote server

EDIT: As I said in my comment, try pscp, as you want to use scp using PuTTY.

The other option is WinSCP

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