By ttdeguzman
Built a website and trying to push changes I made to my files locally. The file is in the main user folder of my laptop. Using this command scp -r ~/filepath root@000.00.00.00:/var/www/domain my changes don’t get pushed. Instead it runs through the same files over and over again until I have to close out terminal or my laptop dies. I’m working on a MacBook Pro using iTerm. No errors pop up it’ll just keep running through the same files over and over. Website is on a deadline so please advise!
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Hello friend!
I must admit that I’ve not personally witnessed SCP looping like that. My first instinct is to ask if there is a symbolic link in the directory which might be followed and then causing a loop. I think addressing the reason for that is probably the most important one to start with.
Kind Regards, Jarland Platform Support Lead
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