docker
/
docs
mirror of https://github.com/docker/docs.git
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Add documentation for new scp --delta option (#2262) 

* Add documentation for new scp --delta option

Signed-off-by: Anders F Björklund <anders.f.bjorklund@gmail.com>
This commit is contained in:
Anders Björklund 2017-03-16 00:13:25 +01:00 committed by Misty Stanley-Jones
parent 18442126af
commit df45999813
1 changed files with 16 additions and 1 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

17
machine/reference/scp.md
View File

@ -32,6 +32,21 @@ Just like how `scp` has a `-r` flag for copying files recursively,
In the case of transferring files from machine to machine,
they go through the local host's filesystem first (using `scp`'s `-3` flag).
When transferring large files or updating directories with lots of files,
you can use the `-d` flag, which uses `rsync` to transfer deltas instead of
transferring all of the files.
When transferring directories and not just files, avoid rsync surprises
by using trailing slashes on both the source and destination. For example:
```none
$ mkdir -p bar
$ touch bar/baz
$ docker-machine scp -r -d bar/ dev:/home/docker/bar/
$ docker-machine ssh dev ls bar
baz
```
## Specifying file paths for remote deployments
When you copy files to a remote server with `docker-machine scp` for app
@ -68,4 +83,4 @@ And we can try it out like so:
```none
$ eval $(docker-machine env MACHINE-NAME)
$ docker-compose run webapp
```