How do I copy a folder from remote to local using scp?

Question

How do I copy a folder from remote to local host using `scp`? I use `ssh` to log in to my server. Then, I would like to copy the remote folder `foo` to local `/home/user/Desktop`. How do I achieve this?

Accepted Answer

```
scp -r user@your.server.example.com:/path/to/foo /home/user/Desktop/
```

By not including the trailing '/' at the end of foo, you will copy the directory itself (including contents), rather than only the contents of the directory.

From `man scp` (See online manual)

-r Recursively copy entire directories

How do I copy a folder from remote to local using scp?

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