SSH commands for copying folders?

[bashy]

Hi peeps

What are the SSH Commands from copying a folder on the ftp to another folder on the FTP

Basically i want to backup my forum folder and keep the backup on the ftp for now,?

[Ntfu2]

cp -R /path/to/folder/foldername /path/to/backup/backupname


If you are trying to backup, you may want to tar it up first


tar cvf tarname.tar /path/to/folder


then it'll be easier to move around and find later on.

[bashy]

Nice one m8 thanks very much!!

Could i please ask, whats the command to un tar the file and put it back...

e.g. unzip backup of /forums to /forums please?

Must admit, i so wish i had thought about doing it this way before, this is so much easier
than ftping all the files down and backup up when moving and so on.

I always assumed SSH was too cmplicated, but once ya know the commands its easy ::)

Thanks again

[Guest210212002]

tar -zxvf backup.tar /path/to/folder

[bashy]

Thanks Chris , what does the zxvf stand for?

[Ntfu2]

This list will help you bashy to learn some SSH commands and what they do

http://www.iteligent.com/kb/unix.txt

z - cant remember but its sorta like to make sure it will extract .tar and .tar.gz files i think.
x - extract/restore
v - verbose (puts out file names for each file in file)
f - file. Use the tarfile argument as the name of the tarfile.