SCP - “not a directory” - What am I doing wrong?
On my remote server I have a file named .bash_profile, that file has nothing inside.
I wish to copy a local copy (with something inside) to the remote destination. (overwrite)
So I do:
scp ~/path/bla/ble/.bash_profile username@host.com:/home/bleble/.bash_profile
I get:
scp: /home/bleble/.bash_profile: Not a directory
I know it's not a directory.
What am I doing wrong?
linux ssh scp
edited Jan 16 '14 at 15:35
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On my remote server I have a file named .bash_profile, that file has nothing inside.
I wish to copy a local copy (with something inside) to the remote destination. (overwrite)
So I do:
scp ~/path/bla/ble/.bash_profile username@host.com:/home/bleble/.bash_profile
I get:
scp: /home/bleble/.bash_profile: Not a directory
I know it's not a directory.
What am I doing wrong?
linux ssh scp
edited Jan 16 '14 at 15:35
terdon
41.1k885135
asked Jan 16 '14 at 15:33
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If you are coming here from google, verify that the target directory actually exists.
– Charles Holbrow
Apr 10 at 1:44
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On my remote server I have a file named .bash_profile, that file has nothing inside.
I wish to copy a local copy (with something inside) to the remote destination. (overwrite)
So I do:
scp ~/path/bla/ble/.bash_profile username@host.com:/home/bleble/.bash_profile
I get:
scp: /home/bleble/.bash_profile: Not a directory
I know it's not a directory.
What am I doing wrong?
linux ssh scp
edited Jan 16 '14 at 15:35
terdon
41.1k885135
asked Jan 16 '14 at 15:33
MEM
46251224
On my remote server I have a file named .bash_profile, that file has nothing inside.
I wish to copy a local copy (with something inside) to the remote destination. (overwrite)
So I do:
scp ~/path/bla/ble/.bash_profile username@host.com:/home/bleble/.bash_profile
I get:
scp: /home/bleble/.bash_profile: Not a directory
I know it's not a directory.
What am I doing wrong?
linux ssh scp
linux ssh scp
edited Jan 16 '14 at 15:35
terdon
41.1k885135
asked Jan 16 '14 at 15:33
MEM
46251224
edited Jan 16 '14 at 15:35
terdon
41.1k885135
asked Jan 16 '14 at 15:33
MEM
46251224
edited Jan 16 '14 at 15:35
terdon
41.1k885135
edited Jan 16 '14 at 15:35
terdon
41.1k885135
edited Jan 16 '14 at 15:35
terdon
41.1k885135
41.1k885135
asked Jan 16 '14 at 15:33
MEM
46251224
asked Jan 16 '14 at 15:33
MEM
46251224
asked Jan 16 '14 at 15:33
MEM
46251224
46251224
If you are coming here from google, verify that the target directory actually exists.
– Charles Holbrow
Apr 10 at 1:44
add a comment |
If you are coming here from google, verify that the target directory actually exists.
– Charles Holbrow
Apr 10 at 1:44
If you are coming here from google, verify that the target directory actually exists.
– Charles Holbrow
Apr 10 at 1:44
If you are coming here from google, verify that the target directory actually exists.
– Charles Holbrow
Apr 10 at 1:44
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Since you want to copy the file with the same name, you don't need to specify a target name:
scp ~/path/bla/ble/.bash_profile username@host.com:/home/bleble/
Because a .bash_profile exists in the target directory, scp thinks you are giving it a directory as a target, attempts to descend into to it and exits since it is not actually a directory.
answered Jan 16 '14 at 15:37
terdon
41.1k885135
A similar command works for me, so this may be implementation dependent?scp fred/.bashrc whmcclos@localhost:fred/.bashrccopied just fine. Works same on both OSX (BSD) and Ubuntu (also BSD).
– Billy McCloskey
Jan 16 '14 at 15:47
@BillMcCloskey same here but I guess the OP must have a different implementation. It's the only reason for the described behavior I can think of. Perhaps it was just a typo and the OP rancp ~/path/bla/ble/.bash_profile username@host.com:/home/bleble/.bash_profile/.
– terdon
Jan 16 '14 at 15:50
Yeah, I'm thinking typo as well, because I'd expect this to work as was tried. Oh - that was OSX 10.9.1 and Ubuntu 12.04.
– Billy McCloskey
Jan 16 '14 at 15:57
add a comment |
For what it's worth, I got this error when mixing up the order of the arguments, i.e. I typed
scp selnpcgwnx1001:~ file1 file2
instead of the correct
scp file1 file2 selnpcgwnx1001:~
For some reason I thought that the fact that you can provide multiple files as arguments meant that those arguments have to be placed last. Wrong, you can have multiple files as arguments and then have the target folder as the last argument.
answered Dec 10 at 9:33
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Since you want to copy the file with the same name, you don't need to specify a target name:
scp ~/path/bla/ble/.bash_profile username@host.com:/home/bleble/
Because a .bash_profile exists in the target directory, scp thinks you are giving it a directory as a target, attempts to descend into to it and exits since it is not actually a directory.
answered Jan 16 '14 at 15:37
terdon
41.1k885135
A similar command works for me, so this may be implementation dependent?scp fred/.bashrc whmcclos@localhost:fred/.bashrccopied just fine. Works same on both OSX (BSD) and Ubuntu (also BSD).
– Billy McCloskey
Jan 16 '14 at 15:47
@BillMcCloskey same here but I guess the OP must have a different implementation. It's the only reason for the described behavior I can think of. Perhaps it was just a typo and the OP rancp ~/path/bla/ble/.bash_profile username@host.com:/home/bleble/.bash_profile/.
– terdon
Jan 16 '14 at 15:50
Yeah, I'm thinking typo as well, because I'd expect this to work as was tried. Oh - that was OSX 10.9.1 and Ubuntu 12.04.
– Billy McCloskey
Jan 16 '14 at 15:57
add a comment |
Since you want to copy the file with the same name, you don't need to specify a target name:
scp ~/path/bla/ble/.bash_profile username@host.com:/home/bleble/
Because a .bash_profile exists in the target directory, scp thinks you are giving it a directory as a target, attempts to descend into to it and exits since it is not actually a directory.
answered Jan 16 '14 at 15:37
terdon
41.1k885135
A similar command works for me, so this may be implementation dependent?scp fred/.bashrc whmcclos@localhost:fred/.bashrccopied just fine. Works same on both OSX (BSD) and Ubuntu (also BSD).
– Billy McCloskey
Jan 16 '14 at 15:47
@BillMcCloskey same here but I guess the OP must have a different implementation. It's the only reason for the described behavior I can think of. Perhaps it was just a typo and the OP rancp ~/path/bla/ble/.bash_profile username@host.com:/home/bleble/.bash_profile/.
– terdon
Jan 16 '14 at 15:50
Yeah, I'm thinking typo as well, because I'd expect this to work as was tried. Oh - that was OSX 10.9.1 and Ubuntu 12.04.
– Billy McCloskey
Jan 16 '14 at 15:57
add a comment |
Since you want to copy the file with the same name, you don't need to specify a target name:
scp ~/path/bla/ble/.bash_profile username@host.com:/home/bleble/
Because a .bash_profile exists in the target directory, scp thinks you are giving it a directory as a target, attempts to descend into to it and exits since it is not actually a directory.
answered Jan 16 '14 at 15:37
terdon
41.1k885135
Since you want to copy the file with the same name, you don't need to specify a target name:
scp ~/path/bla/ble/.bash_profile username@host.com:/home/bleble/
Because a .bash_profile exists in the target directory, scp thinks you are giving it a directory as a target, attempts to descend into to it and exits since it is not actually a directory.
answered Jan 16 '14 at 15:37
terdon
41.1k885135
answered Jan 16 '14 at 15:37
terdon
41.1k885135
answered Jan 16 '14 at 15:37
terdon
41.1k885135
answered Jan 16 '14 at 15:37
terdon
41.1k885135
41.1k885135
A similar command works for me, so this may be implementation dependent?scp fred/.bashrc whmcclos@localhost:fred/.bashrccopied just fine. Works same on both OSX (BSD) and Ubuntu (also BSD).
– Billy McCloskey
Jan 16 '14 at 15:47
@BillMcCloskey same here but I guess the OP must have a different implementation. It's the only reason for the described behavior I can think of. Perhaps it was just a typo and the OP rancp ~/path/bla/ble/.bash_profile username@host.com:/home/bleble/.bash_profile/.
– terdon
Jan 16 '14 at 15:50
Yeah, I'm thinking typo as well, because I'd expect this to work as was tried. Oh - that was OSX 10.9.1 and Ubuntu 12.04.
– Billy McCloskey
Jan 16 '14 at 15:57
add a comment |
A similar command works for me, so this may be implementation dependent?scp fred/.bashrc whmcclos@localhost:fred/.bashrccopied just fine. Works same on both OSX (BSD) and Ubuntu (also BSD).
– Billy McCloskey
Jan 16 '14 at 15:47
@BillMcCloskey same here but I guess the OP must have a different implementation. It's the only reason for the described behavior I can think of. Perhaps it was just a typo and the OP rancp ~/path/bla/ble/.bash_profile username@host.com:/home/bleble/.bash_profile/.
– terdon
Jan 16 '14 at 15:50
Yeah, I'm thinking typo as well, because I'd expect this to work as was tried. Oh - that was OSX 10.9.1 and Ubuntu 12.04.
– Billy McCloskey
Jan 16 '14 at 15:57
A similar command works for me, so this may be implementation dependent?
scp fred/.bashrc whmcclos@localhost:fred/.bashrc copied just fine. Works same on both OSX (BSD) and Ubuntu (also BSD).– Billy McCloskey
Jan 16 '14 at 15:47
A similar command works for me, so this may be implementation dependent?
scp fred/.bashrc whmcclos@localhost:fred/.bashrc copied just fine. Works same on both OSX (BSD) and Ubuntu (also BSD).– Billy McCloskey
Jan 16 '14 at 15:47
@BillMcCloskey same here but I guess the OP must have a different implementation. It's the only reason for the described behavior I can think of. Perhaps it was just a typo and the OP ran
cp ~/path/bla/ble/.bash_profile username@host.com:/home/bleble/.bash_profile/.– terdon
Jan 16 '14 at 15:50
@BillMcCloskey same here but I guess the OP must have a different implementation. It's the only reason for the described behavior I can think of. Perhaps it was just a typo and the OP ran
cp ~/path/bla/ble/.bash_profile username@host.com:/home/bleble/.bash_profile/.– terdon
Jan 16 '14 at 15:50
Yeah, I'm thinking typo as well, because I'd expect this to work as was tried. Oh - that was OSX 10.9.1 and Ubuntu 12.04.
– Billy McCloskey
Jan 16 '14 at 15:57
Yeah, I'm thinking typo as well, because I'd expect this to work as was tried. Oh - that was OSX 10.9.1 and Ubuntu 12.04.
– Billy McCloskey
Jan 16 '14 at 15:57
add a comment |
For what it's worth, I got this error when mixing up the order of the arguments, i.e. I typed
scp selnpcgwnx1001:~ file1 file2
instead of the correct
scp file1 file2 selnpcgwnx1001:~
For some reason I thought that the fact that you can provide multiple files as arguments meant that those arguments have to be placed last. Wrong, you can have multiple files as arguments and then have the target folder as the last argument.
answered Dec 10 at 9:33
Godsmith
260137
add a comment |
For what it's worth, I got this error when mixing up the order of the arguments, i.e. I typed
scp selnpcgwnx1001:~ file1 file2
instead of the correct
scp file1 file2 selnpcgwnx1001:~
For some reason I thought that the fact that you can provide multiple files as arguments meant that those arguments have to be placed last. Wrong, you can have multiple files as arguments and then have the target folder as the last argument.
answered Dec 10 at 9:33
Godsmith
260137
add a comment |
For what it's worth, I got this error when mixing up the order of the arguments, i.e. I typed
scp selnpcgwnx1001:~ file1 file2
instead of the correct
scp file1 file2 selnpcgwnx1001:~
For some reason I thought that the fact that you can provide multiple files as arguments meant that those arguments have to be placed last. Wrong, you can have multiple files as arguments and then have the target folder as the last argument.
answered Dec 10 at 9:33
Godsmith
260137
For what it's worth, I got this error when mixing up the order of the arguments, i.e. I typed
scp selnpcgwnx1001:~ file1 file2
instead of the correct
scp file1 file2 selnpcgwnx1001:~
For some reason I thought that the fact that you can provide multiple files as arguments meant that those arguments have to be placed last. Wrong, you can have multiple files as arguments and then have the target folder as the last argument.
answered Dec 10 at 9:33
Godsmith
260137
answered Dec 10 at 9:33
Godsmith
260137
answered Dec 10 at 9:33
Godsmith
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answered Dec 10 at 9:33
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