Linux SCP defining destination port

Question

How can I specify a port for the destination ip? When I do scp -p 0000 it still tries to connect on port 22, not the one I'm specifying.

scp svn_backup.tgz user@xxx.xxx.xx.xxx:/path/to/new/svn/

You can find great information reading manual pages. `man scp`, for example. — motobói, Mar 20 '12 at 11:47
If in doubt, `--help` or `man` will probably give you the answer. — Ben Lessani, Jun 22 '12 at 08:03

score 20 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 11 '10 at 15:55

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Capital "P".

$ scp -P 12345 svn_backup.tgz user@xxx.xxx.xx.xxx:/path/to/new/svn/

See $ man scp for more details.

answered Jun 11 '10 at 15:55

EEAA

Hooray for consistency! – David Mackintosh Jun 11 '10 at 16:58
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@David: `scp` was designed to imitate `rcp`, and rcp used `-p` to "preserve file times and modes". See `man scp`. – user1686 Jun 11 '10 at 19:08

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 11 '16 at 11:18

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It's also noteworthy that the port specification must come before the file name, i.e.:

scp svn_backup.tgz -P 12345 user@xxx.xxx.xx.xxx:/path/to/new/svn/

*won't work.

edited Jun 11 '16 at 11:18

Pierre.Vriens

answered Mar 19 '12 at 15:42

stafusa

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