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.**phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: