Is there a way to force scp to create a directory if it does not exist
when copying a file remotely

scp -o stricthostkeychecking=no -oCiphers=aes128-cbc ~/.ssh/
authorized_keys ring1@$hostname:~/.ssh/authorized_keys

gerb

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:57:54 -0700, gerry.brennan wrote:

> Is there a way to force scp to create a directory if it does not exist
> when copying a file remotely
>
> scp -o stricthostkeychecking=no -oCiphers=aes128-cbc ~/.ssh/
> authorized_keys ring1@$hostname:~/.ssh/authorized_keys
>

Have you tried with -r?

On Sep 10, 3:08 pm, "K. Jennings" <kjenni...@resurgence.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:57:54 -0700, gerry.brennan wrote:
> > Is there a way to force scp to create a directory if it does not exist
> > when copying a file remotely
>
> > scp -o stricthostkeychecking=no -oCiphers=aes128-cbc ~/.ssh/
> > authorized_keys ring1@$hostname:~/.ssh/authorized_keys
>
> Have you tried with -r?

yes I have tried

scp -r -o stricthostkeychecking=no -oCiphers=aes128-cbc ~/.ssh/
authorized_keys ring1@$hostname:~/.ssh/authorized_keys

No joy

On Sep 10, 3:44 pm, gerry.bren...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Sep 10, 3:08 pm, "K. Jennings" <kjenni...@resurgence.net> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:57:54 -0700, gerry.brennan wrote:
> > > Is there a way to force scp to create a directory if it does not exist
> > > when copying a file remotely
>
> > > scp -o stricthostkeychecking=no -oCiphers=aes128-cbc ~/.ssh/
> > > authorized_keys ring1@$hostname:~/.ssh/authorized_keys
>
> > Have you tried with -r?
>
> yes I have tried
>
> scp -r -o stricthostkeychecking=no -oCiphers=aes128-cbc ~/.ssh/
> authorized_keys ring1@$hostname:~/.ssh/authorized_keys
>
> No joy

What would be even better if i could overwrite the directory and
remove any of its contents with a singel scp command.

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:44:12 -0700, gerry.brennan wrote:

> On Sep 10, 3:08 pm, "K. Jennings" <kjenni...@resurgence.net> wrote:
>> On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:57:54 -0700, gerry.brennan wrote:
>> > Is there a way to force scp to create a directory if it does not
>> > exist when copying a file remotely
>>
>> > scp -o stricthostkeychecking=no -oCiphers=aes128-cbc ~/.ssh/
>> > authorized_keys ring1@$hostname:~/.ssh/authorized_keys
>>
>> Have you tried with -r?
>
> yes I have tried
>
> scp -r -o stricthostkeychecking=no -oCiphers=aes128-cbc ~/.ssh/
> authorized_keys ring1@$hostname:~/.ssh/authorized_keys
>

You can get the whole directory created if you do:

scp -r -o stricthostkeychecking=no -oCiphers=aes128-cbc ~/.ssh
ring1@hostname:

But, this would also transfer all the contents of ~/.ssh. I
assume that this is not hat you want, right?

On 10 Sep, 14:57, gerry.bren...@gmail.com wrote:
> Is there a way to force scp to create a directory if it does not exist
> when copying a file remotely
>
> scp -o stricthostkeychecking=no -oCiphers=aes128-cbc ~/.ssh/
> authorized_keys ring1@$hostname:~/.ssh/authorized_keys
>
> gerb

I think you should either send a preliminary "mkdir" command, or use
rsync something like this:

rsync -avv --include=authorized_keys -e 'ssh -o
stricthostkeychecking=no -oCiphers=aes128-cbc' ~/.ssh/ ring1@
$hostname:.ssh/

On 10 Sep, 19:55, Nico <nka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10 Sep, 14:57, gerry.bren...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to force scp to create a directory if it does not exist
> > when copying a file remotely
>
> > scp -o stricthostkeychecking=no -oCiphers=aes128-cbc ~/.ssh/
> > authorized_keys ring1@$hostname:~/.ssh/authorized_keys
>
> > gerb
>
> I think you should either send a preliminary "mkdir" command, or use
> rsync something like this:
>
> rsync -avv --include=authorized_keys -e 'ssh -o
> stricthostkeychecking=no -oCiphers=aes128-cbc' ~/.ssh/ ring1@
> $hostname:.ssh/

rsync is not available on the machine

On 11 Sep, 14:23, gerry.bren...@gmail.com wrote:

> rsync is not available on the machine- Hide quoted text -

OK, so SCP is enabled without shell access? Which particular approach
to that is in use, and are you *sure* rsync isn't installed? I've seen
cases where the admins didn't realize it was there.