Another thing I've started doing is to use a local ftp client like
lftp and connect with a protocol that supports sftp.  Sftp runs under
the ssh channel as long as sftp is also installed.  so if I were
sitting on machine a, I could use the ftp client or even the sftp
command, for that matter, to log into machine B.  This way, I can
peruse directories like any other ftp site and pick and choose which
files to transfer.  One thing I never liked about scp is I could never
tab complete on the remote system.

On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 06:18:21PM -0700, Brian Cluff wrote:
> 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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