folder copying through sftp command

[rohan misra032]

while working on our institution's LAN i was reqiured to copy a whole folder using the sftp command........
we searched a lot for the command but we did not find any good results....

we temporarily use the mget command but still i would surely like to know if there is a command through which u can copy a whole folder using the sftp command..........

reply if anyone can help .......

thanx...

[cppjsan]

SCP
Warning: Be careful when copying between hosts files that have the same names; you may accidently overwrite them.
The syntax for the scp command is as follows:

scp [options] [[user@]host1:]filename1 ... [[user@]host2:]filename2

For example, if user dvader is on a computer called empire.gov, and wants to copy a file called file1.txt to a directory called somedir in his account on a computer called deathstar.com, he would enter the following:

scp file1.txt [e-mail]:somedir

Likewise, if he wanted to copy the entire contents of the somedir directory on

deathstar.com back to his empire.gov account, he would enter:

scp -r somedir/ [e-mail]:somedir/ (somedir=folder).
scp -r [e-mail]:somefolder somefolder
sudo scp -r myPearl/ [e-mail]:
This is to copy myPearl/ entire folder to [e-mail]: home directory
Similarly, if he is working on another computer, but wanted to copy a file called

file1.txt from his home directory on empire.gov to a directory called somedir in his

account on deathstar.com, he would enter:

scp [e-mail]:file1.txt [e-mail]:somedir

When using wildcards (e.g., * and ? ) to copy multiple files from a remote system,

be sure to enclose the filenames in quotes. This is because the Unix shell, not the scp

command, expands unquoted wildcards.

For more information about scp, consult its man page. At the Unix prompt, enter: man

scp