How to copy files from local computer to Yun with scp?

Question

I need to transfer files from my local machine to my Arduino Yun.

I have tried:

scp /Users/SSCirrus/Documents/index.html [email protected]:/root
scp ~/Users/SSCirrus/Documents/index.html [email protected]:/root
# No such file or directory (referring to my desktop)

I have confirmed that the filepath is accurate. What's wrong here?

• Majenko: Try ~/Documents/index.html

Answer 1

Try ~/Documents/index.html

The ~ represents the current user's home directory, so ~/Documents is the Documents folder for the current user. It means you don't have to make sure you have spelled the user's home directory exactly right.

Other options are:

• $HOME/Documents/index.html
• Documents/index.html (if you are in your home directory)
• cd ~/Documents then just use index.html

... the list goes on ...