[NTLUG:Discuss] SSH file copying.

[terry]

Pervaz Allaudin wrote:

> How does one copy files between machines to which one is connected via 
> SSH.
>
> The regular cp  dirpath/filename at machine_name . does not seem to work.
>
> Thanks
> Pervaz
>
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scp hostname.or.ipaddress:/usr/share/file.name .
copies file from remote machine to current direcrory
or
scp file.name hostname.or.ipaddress:/usr/share/
copies file from current directory to /usr/share of remote machine

( where file.name is name of target file)
&
( where hostname.or.ipdress is a hostname or ipaddress of remote machine.)

You will be asked to supply username password before transaction takes 
place.


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