Category: SCP

Copying files from a server to your local machine with SCP

15th April 2019

Having a local version of a website for development is a necessity. Chances are, you aren't saving all the uploaded content for your website in your repository and there are many reasons you may need to download the files to your local machine. Perhaps you're working on a new machine and you've checked out a copy of the project. You have a copy of the database with all the posts and pages but you're missing all the associated files and this can interfere with development in some cases. Or perhaps you haven't worked on the site in 6 months and… Continue reading »