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'.
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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
>
>
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