Linux - scp

04 Jun 25

scp is always run from the local machine. Just reverse the source and destination paths accordingly:
 remote (file) → local 
scp simbed-server:/var/www/wack/file ~/environment/wack/
scp simbed-server:/home/simbed/server-backups/2025-06-17.tar.gz  /home/simbed/server-backups/ 
local (file) → remote:
scp ~/environment/wack/file simbed-server:/var/www/wack/
For directory use
scp -r