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Old 09-02-2014
Copy Directories with Files from One Server to Other using sftp
Hi,
I have a requirement where I have to connect to another server and copy directories from one server to another

Directories on the Source server look like below (YYYY-MM-DD- 1 to 23)

drwxr-xr-x 2 test_user dmfmart 422 Sep 1 23:45 2014-09-01-18drwxr-xr-x 2 test_user dmfmart 422 Sep 1 23:46 2014-09-01-19drwxr-xr-x 2 test_user dmfmart 422 Sep 1 23:47 2014-09-01-20
I have to connect to the destination server and create a directory in YYYY-MM-DD format and copy all directories from source server (YYYY-MM-DD- 1 to 23) to the destinaton server into the YYYY-MM-DD folder which was just created.

I have tried a few options but not able to get the desired results. COuld you please help
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