Prevent overwriting of files when using Scp [closed]
rsync seems to be the solution to your problem. Here's an example I got from here:
rsync -avz foo:src/bar /data/tmpThe -a option will preserve permissions, directory structure, ownership, and symlinks. You can also specify any of those options individually as well.
-v and -z mean verbose and compress respectively. You don't really need them although -z is nice if you are copying large files.