Note: My question is very similar to
File location if target path not specified with scp command
But that question is asking what the target of this is:
scp -r /localdir/ root@ubuntuMy question is asking what the target of this is:
scp -r /localdir/ root@ubuntu:Also if anyone's curious I found this syntax on the following webpage:
https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/independent/high-availability/#copy-required-files-to-the-correct-locations
It's a Bash Script:
USER=ubuntu # customizable
CONTROL_PLANE_IPS="10.0.0.7 10.0.0.8"
for host in ${CONTROL_PLANE_IPS}; do
scp /etc/kubernetes/pki/ca.crt "${USER}"@$host:
scp /etc/kubernetes/pki/ca.key "${USER}"@$host:
scp /etc/kubernetes/pki/sa.key "${USER}"@$host:
scp /etc/kubernetes/pki/sa.pub "${USER}"@$host:
scp /etc/kubernetes/pki/front-proxy-ca.crt "${USER}"@$host:
scp /etc/kubernetes/pki/front-proxy-ca.key "${USER}"@$host:
done
In my test, I ran the command as follows to copy test folder from host heron01 to host heron02:
yitian@heron01:~$ scp -r test/ yitian@heron02:And the result shows that the test folder can be found at:
yitian@heron02:~$ pwd
/home/yitian
So, the result of your question is: The target directory is the home directory of the target user you are using in the scp command. In my example, the target directory is: /home/yitian in host heron02.