This is true but, Just a note: scp *.jpg user@kitchen Will copy all the files ending in .jpg to a directory named user@kitchen in THIS machine, if it exists, or it will abort with an error. If you want to remote-copy, it has to have a colon : scp *.jpg user@kitchen: or scp *.jpg user@kitchen:~ ET PS: been bitten with that one before... Ryan Rix writes: >> inet 192.168.1.66/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global eth0 > Yes, it's the first number after inet. > >> inet 192.168.1.64/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global eth0 > again, first after inet. > > What I personally would do, though it's a bit of a pain to set up, is if your > router supports DHCP reservations (dlink G router does here) you can give > each compy a 'static' dhcp address. > > After you have them all rounded up you can add entries to /etc/hosts > 192.168.1.66 bedroom > 192.168.1.64 kitchen > and such, till you're done on all the boxen > > then do /etc/init.d/networking restart > and now you can refer to your targets as 'kitchen' or 'bedroom' or whatnot. > > scp *.jpg user@kitchen > > Note that if the username you are logged into on the source computer is the > same as your target's username it can be safely dropped, and it's implied. > > -- > Thanks and best regards, > Ryan Rix > TamsPalm - The PalmOS Blog > > My heart is human, my blood is boiling, my brain: IBM > > > > > On Wed October 22 2008 03:23:09 pm Josef Lowder wrote: >> 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 > > --------------------------------------------------- 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