linux - scp gives "not a regular file" -
i have problem when using scp on linux, says "not regular file". looked @ other questions/answers that, can't find out what's wrong... wrote:
scp aa@aa:/home/pictures/file.fits .
to copy file.fits
aa@aa
, /home/pictures
current directory. tried without using /home/
, didn't work neither...
do understand what's wrong?
i tested , found @ least 3 situations in scp return not regular file
:
- file directory
- file named pipe (a.k.a. fifo)
- file device file
case #1 seems likely. if meant transfer entire directory structure scp
use -r
option indicate recursive copy.