Scp - not a regular file - how to fix

If you are trying to copy some path to the host

scp root@IP:/path/ /path/on/local_pc

And you are receiving not a regular file error, just add -r param:

scp -r root@IP:/path/ /path/on/local_pc

by Ivan Borshchov

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