Question

I’m trying to copy a database dump sql file from my server to my hdd using mac OSX Terminal (open ssh client). I know the command should be something like:

scp [[user]@host]:mydump.sql mydump_local.sql

But I found out that it did copy that file on the same server instead of my hdd (i.e. using ls *, I found both files mydump.sql and mydump_local.sql)

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

first, don’t ssh into the remote server. then, I find this to be a very good resource for scp syntax: Example syntax for Secure Copy (scp)

the one your looking for is this: to copy the file “foobar.txt” from a remote host to the local host

$ scp [e-mail]:foobar.txt /some/local/directory

if you’re still having issues, please post the exact command you’re using