Automate scp file transfer using a shell script

Question

I have some n number of files in a directory on my unix system. Is there a way to write a shellscript that will transfer all those files via scp to a specified remote system

Answer 1

you could also use rsync. It seems to work better for multiple files than scp IMHO.

rsync -avzh /path/to/dir/ user@remote:/path/to/remote/dir/

Update

You can use rsync via ssh by adding the '-e' switch:

rsync -avzh -e ssh /path/do/dir/ user@remote:/path/to/remote/dir/