Script only copying one file - bash

Question

I am trying to scp to transfer all files in a directory to a different box - however I seem to only be receiving one file on the other machine. The script I am using is as follows;
#!/usr/bin/expect -f
# connect via scp
spawn scp -r /var/opt/backup/mariadb/ user#ip:address:of:box:/var/opt/backup/
#######################
expect {
-re ".*es.*o.*" {
exp_send "yes\r"
exp_continue
}
-re ".*sword.*" {
exp_send "password\r"
}
}
expect eof
echo "copy completed"
echo "removing backup files now"
rm -rf /var/opt/backup/mariadb
echo "remove completed"
echo "finished!"
From what I have read the recursive command is as I have implemented it so I am not so sure as to why i might only be receiving one file.
Can anyone see any issues with my code.
More information added : I've found that the copy is actually getting stuck on the following line events_waits_summary_global_by_event_name.frm
Thanks
output of less command on redirected log
^MSwifteHots.frm 0% 0 0.0KB/s --:-- ETA^MSwifteHots.frm 100% 8600 8.4KB/s 00:00
^MChatSessions.frm 0% 0 0.0KB/s --:-- ETA^MChatSessions.frm 100% 8626 8.4KB/s 00:00
^MMessages.frm 0% 0 0.0KB/s --:-- ETA^MMessages.frm 100% 8640 8.4KB/s 00:00
^MApnsDevices.frm 0% 0 0.0KB/s --:-- ETA^MApnsDevices.frm 100% 8670 8.5KB/s 00:00
^MAvailableHots.frm 0% 0 0.0KB/s --:-- ETA^MAvailableHots.frm 100% 8604 8.4KB/s 00:00
^Mdb.opt 0% 0 0.0KB/s --:-- ETA^Mdb.opt 100% 65 0.1KB/s 00:00
^MShortlist.frm 0% 0 0.0KB/s --:-- ETA^MShortlist.frm 100% 8598 8.4KB/s 00:00
^MProfileImages.frm 0% 0 0.0KB/s --:-- ETA^MProfileImages.frm 100% 8896 8.7KB/s 00:00
^MPendingProfile.frm 0% 0 0.0KB/s --:-- ETA^MPendingProfile.frm 100% 8674 8.5KB/s 00:00
^MUserAccount.frm 0% 0 0.0KB/s --:-- ETA^MUserAccount.frm 100% 9111 8.9KB/s 00:00
^Mibdata1 0% 0 0.0KB/s --:-- ETA^Mibdata1 32% 3280KB 3.2MB/s 00:02 ETA^Mibdata1 45% 4688KB 3.0MB/s 00:01 ETA^Mibdata1 58% 5968KB 2.8MB/s 00:01 ETA^Mibdata1 72% 7376KB 2.7MB/s 00:01 ETA^Mibdata1 84% 8656KB 2.6MB/s 00:00 ETA^Mibdata1 98% 10MB 2.4MB/s 00:00 ETA^Mibdata1 100% 10MB 1.7MB/s 00:06
^Mxtrabackup_logfile 0% 0 0.0KB/s --:-- ETA^Mxtrabackup_logfile 100% 2048KB 2.0MB/s 00:00
^Mevents_waits_history.frm 0% 0 0.0KB/s --:-- ETA^Mevents_waits_history.frm 100% 9220 9.0KB/s 00:00
/var/tmp/cron.log (END)

Answer 1

I would just use rsync instead of scp.
rsync -aP ~/dir1 username#remote_host:destination_directory
here, the "-a" stands for "archive" and syncs recursively and preserves symbolic links, special and device files, modification times, group, owner, and permissions.
The "-P" shows you progress.
Note that there is no trailing slash from your source directory (a slash is used when doing local to local with rsync).