On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 07:17, Raymond Norton <admin at lctn.org> wrote: > I'm running into the "Arguments too long" error when attempting to scp > 16000+ flash files to a server. A couple solutions I found mentioned > shortening the file list, or modifying binfmts.h. > > I don't want to do either. Is there another easy way to get the files > copied over? > > I'm moving the files from a usb drive on Ubuntu to a Freenas box. rsync over ssh, provided you have rsync on both boxes: rsync -av -e ssh <files> <remoteuser>@<remotehost> you can also do tar over ssh, which can be faster on reliable networks but is not interruptable: cd <to your stuff> tar cf - . | ssh <remoteuser>@<remotehost> "cd <destination>; tar xf -"