On 10/22/08, enrique wrote: > Linux: Open up a terminal and type: > ip addr show > and choose the adapter that connects to the network you want. > use scp as: > scp /file/to/copy user@machine:/copy/file/to > It's easy, even I can do it. Thanks Enrique ... but the problem is ... you are brilliant and I guess I just don't have all the wires connected. I did find that I have to use /sbin/ip addr show since 'ip' was not found. But below are the results I got from my two linux boxes, and I can't figure out which of all these different number sets is the 'ip' number for each machine. == from machine "A" $ /sbin/ip addr show 1: lo: mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo 2: eth0: mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000 link/ether 00:11:2f:06:65:08 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.1.64/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global eth0 == from machine "B" $ /sbin/ip addr show 1: lo: mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo 2: eth0: mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000 link/ether 00:14:85:1e:5f:5e brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.1.66/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global eth0 Furthermore, from your excellent example (thank you very much), scp /file/to/copy user@machine:/copy/file/to I still do not understand how to put which numbers where, and how the actual syntax should look. Is it like this: scp /filenameA.txt/to/copy joe@12.34.56:/copy/filenameB.txt/to How would scp know in what directory or folder to put the file to be copied? --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss