title: How to copy entire folder from Amazon EC2 Linux instance to local Linux machine?
body: <p>I connected to Amazon's linux instance from ssh using private key. I am trying to copy entire folder from that instance to my local linux machine .</p>
  
  <p>Can anyone tell me the correct <code>scp</code> command to do this?  </p>
  
  <p>Or do I need something more than <code>scp</code>? 
  Both machines are Ubuntu 10.04 LTS</p>