thanks. On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 7:32 AM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com < kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote: > You can't get anywhere without a username: > ssh @ > ET > > > Michael Havens writes: > >> well... yeah. I knew that. I was really asking how one did that. I mean >> like do you drop the user name and it would be ':thatfile this >> file' or 'thisfile :that file'. >> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 6:25 AM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com < >> kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote: >> >>> 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.****phoe** >>>>>> nix.az.us> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> > >>>>>> >>>>>> > >>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.******us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**** >>>>>> **discuss< >>>>>> http://lists.PLUG.**phoenix.**az.us/mailman/**listinfo/plug-**discuss >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------******--------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.****phoe** >>>>> nix.az.us> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> > >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.******us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**** >>>>> **discuss< >>>>> http://lists.PLUG.**phoenix.**az.us/mailman/**listinfo/plug-**discuss >>>>> >> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >>> ------------------------------****--------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoe**nix.az.us >>> >>> > >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.****us/mailman/listinfo/plug-****discuss< >>> 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 > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: