- for huge amounts of (small) files use [tar](https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_chapter/Tutorial.html#Tutorial)(or zip) to create an archive-file before copying:
`scp local_file username@ramses1.itcc.uni-koeln.de:remote_destination_dir` ( . for home directory)
- For large amounts of (small) files use [tar](https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_chapter/Tutorial.html#Tutorial)(or zip) to create an archive-file before copying:
```
- create: tar -czf name_of_archive.tar.gz files_or_folder_to_add