Copy file from one remote server to another remote server

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I am at server A. I want to copy a file from remote server B to remote server C.

This can be done with below commands,

scp username@B:/path_of_file_on_server_B/file.txt /path_of_file_on_server_A
scp /path_of_file_on_server_A/file.txt username@C:/path_of_file_on_server_C

However I want to understand if there is any other way to directly copy file from remote server B to remote server C.

Possible duplicate of [How to rsync files between two remotes?](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/183504/how-to-rsync-files-between-two-remotes) — user1794469, May 14 '19 at 13:31
@user1794469 but the OP here isn't using `rsync` and this is perfectly possible using `scp`. — terdon, May 14 '19 at 13:32

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered May 14 '19 at 13:33

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You can use remote paths as both source and target for scp:

scp username@B:/path_of_file_on_server_B/file.txt username@C:/path_of_file_on_server_C

answered May 14 '19 at 13:33

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 22 '21 at 17:12

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On centos it works with -3 option

scp -3 root@SERVERA:/imran.txt root@SERVERB:/

The -3 option instructs the scp command to route traffic through the issuing machine (From where we executing this command)

answered Apr 22 '21 at 17:12

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there is NO -3 parameter! – skywind Aug 17 '23 at 07:16

Copy file from one remote server to another remote server

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