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Ben
Asked: 2010-06-12 07:51:30 +0800 CST

Linux SCP defining destination port

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How can I specify a port for the destination ip? When I do scp -p 0000 it still tries to connect on port 22, not the one I'm specifying.

scp svn_backup.tgz [email protected]:/path/to/new/svn/
linux scp

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  1. Best Answer

    Capital "P".

    $ scp -P 12345 svn_backup.tgz [email protected]:/path/to/new/svn/

    See $ man scp for more details.

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  2. It's also noteworthy that the port specification must come before the file name, i.e.:

    scp svn_backup.tgz -P 12345 [email protected]:/path/to/new/svn/

    *won't work.

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