File Transfers

Question 1

scp file.txt server:/tmp

Answer 1

Secure copy “file.txt” to the /tmp folder on “server”

Question 2

scp server:/var/www/*.html /tmp

Answer 2

Copy “*.html” files from “server” to the local /tmp folder

Question 3

scp -r server:/var/www /tmp

Answer 3

Copy all files and directories recursively from “server” to the current system’s /tmp folder

Question 4

rsync -a /home /backups/

Answer 4

Synchronize “/home” to “/backups/home”

Question 5

rsync -avz /home server:/backups/

Answer 5

Synchronize files/directories between the local and remote system with compression enabled

Question 6

ftp host

Answer 6

Connect to FTP server on the remote “host”