[thelist] File transfer from/to Unix without FTP?

Simon Coggins ppxsjc1 at nottingham.ac.uk
Thu Oct 11 08:03:12 CDT 2001


> I think there are ways to transfer files from/to a Unix system via the command
> line. Can anybody tell me anything about those?

For Unix to Unix transfers you can use scp (secure copy). The syntax is:

scp user at host:/path/to/file user at host:/path/to/copy/to

There are various additional flags you can use too. You will need ssh
installed on both machines. Type man scp for more information.

HTH,

Simon





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