Michael, "names" on a network are fake. There are only IP address in a network . You "translate a name" into its corresponding IP address via a "name resolution service" A "name resolution service" can be as simple as an /etc/hosts file or as complex as a full blown self-replicating/redundant name server (like bind). At the end, EVERYTHING goes via an IP address, so your question might actually work in reverse: > I was wondering.... could you do this via NAMEs? Yes, assuming that the name can be translated via some "name resolution service" ET Michael Havens writes: > I was wondering.... could you do this via ipaddress? > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 12:01 PM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com < > kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote: > >> Yes, scp (like cp) will copy back or forth, the 2 commands below are >> legal: >> scp myuser@remotebox:/that/file /this/path >> scp /this/path myuser@remotebox:/that/file >> 1st one will 'retrieve' /that/file from 'remotebox' into /this/path >> 2nd one will copy /this/path to /that/file in 'remotebox'. >> ET >> >> joe@actionline.com writes: >> >>> >>> This is interesting. Does this really mean that >>> scp in reverse is possible by using a similar syntax >>> with the dot at the end to extract a file from a remote >>> computer to my local computer? >>> ----------------- >>> Mike Ballon wrote (in part) ... scp in reverse: >>> scp 192.168.0.4:Pictures/2009-**Move.from.Florida . >>> I'm guessing the path of the pictures and take note of the dot at the end >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>> 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 >>> >> ------------------------------**--------------------- >> 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 >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: --------------------------------------------------- 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