SSH commands for copying folders?
 

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,?

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

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

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

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

Thanks Chris , what does the zxvf stand for?

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.