how to sftp /home plus subdirectories -

[Dennis Gilmore]

On Monday 12 May 2008, Bob Goodwin USA wrote:
> Can someone tell me what the proper command is to transfer the entire
> home directory plus it's subdirectories between two Fedora computers.  I
> have no trouble moving files but can't seem to figure out how to do it
> in one fell swoop, if it is possible to do so?
>
> I've tried gftp but that gets me into other uncertainties and has wasted
> my time.
>
> I should be able to issue a "get" command it would seem?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bob Goodwin

easiest way is to use rsync 

something like 
rsync -ave ssh --progress /home/<user>/ <host>:/home/<user>/

Dennis
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