Copy files over ssh

[Andrew Robinson]

Matt Florido wrote:
> Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> 
>> is the best way to get a file from a machine that I've sshed to, to a 
>> the machine that I am sshing from? I would think there's some way 
>> better than ftping.
>>
> 
> man scp
> scp - secure copy (remote file copy program)
> 
> scp <source> <destination>
> 
> Example:
> scp local.file user at remote:/home/user
> scp user at remote:/path/to/file /path/to/local

There is also sftp if you prefer the ftp style of transfering files over 
the cp style. If I know exactly what I want to transfer, I use scp. 
Otherwise I use sftp.

Andrew Robinson