I offer this only for completness since I would just go ahead and use 
scp or rsync, but you did ask how to transfer files though ssh so here goes:

tar -cv /source/files/or/directory/ |ssh user@server-ip-or-domian 'tar 
-x -C /destination/directory/'

Enjoy,
Brian Cluff

On 08/03/2010 11:03 AM, joe@actionline.com wrote:
> What is the correct command syntax to copy files from computer A
> to computer B when ssh logged in to comuter B from computer A?
>
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