Moving file from one host another

[cdtech9198]

Hello I am switching web hosting providers. Each provider has granted me SSH access. What is the best way to move my files from a directory on host A to host b without copying the files to my local pc first? I was thinking I can do this via bash command line. Thanks in advance.

 

[ChrisHirst]

scp.

http://www.computerhope.com/unix/scp.htm

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[ChrisHirst]

and of course ftp does command line

http://www.computerhope.com/unix/ftp.htm

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[SamBones]

If you don't have a recent full site backup, I would go ahead and copy the whole thing to your PC as an intermediary. That gives you a backup as of the move to the new server. Might come in handy when trying to debug any differences in it running at the new site.

 

[vacunita]

I second the scp suggestion.

While in terminal connected to the source server.
scp -r path/to/website/ user@destinationserveripath/to/newwebsitedir/

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[biondo68]

if use rsync with -e ssh ?