In order to help avoid generating errors, I need a way to stop an automated scp script to stop from overwriting files if they are already present on the remote folder, and just do nothing instead.
Is this possible?
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Don't think accept via a script... – George Udosen Mar 22 '17 at 20:59
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1Possible duplicate of Rename Duplicate Files when using SCP (Secure Copy) – Elder Geek Mar 22 '17 at 21:02
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@ElderGeek It is not. Note how I do not want to rename files. I want nothing to happen instead. – Anon Mar 22 '17 at 21:03
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I suggest that you read the answer there. – Elder Geek Mar 22 '17 at 21:20
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No. It is not possible. SCP is simple tool and automatically overwrites files in destination. You will probably need to put together some rsync command to achieve that.
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No, that is not possible with scp. The easiest way to do this would probably be using rsync with the --ignore-existing option, as detailed here:
rsync --ignore-existing somefile somehost:/some/path/
rsync -r --ignore-existing somedir somehost:/some/path/
Note that this will not make rsync exit if a file already exists; it will just skip it and keep copying.
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