Can scp be used to update a directory?

[Pedro Fernandes Macedo]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> Oops - I think I've just made a terrible mistake.  I rsync'd my home 
> directory, forgetting that it would take the hidden files and config files 
> with it.  Now I'll have to see what damage is done.
>
> Anne
>   

This reminded me of another option that is very useful , specially when 
you use --delete: --dry-run.. It will only show what would be done when 
running the sync and wont execute it for real. Excellent for checking if 
you didn't do any wrong exclude.

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Pedro Macedo