On Apr 4, 2005 2:37 PM, Andy Green <andy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Richard S. Crawford wrote: > > |>I have a foder on the desktop i would like to transfer file to from my > |>Notebook. How can I accomplish this feat? What info would you > > | NFS will work for this purpose, or you could just use FTP or SCP to copy > > Forget everything else, use scp. > > scp username@hostname:/path/to/things localdestinationpath > > to copy the remote file to the local PC > > or > > scp localdestinationpath username@hostname:/path/to/things > > to copy the local file to the remote PC > > If you have KDE on your notebook or desktop, you can use the ultra-cool > fish:// protocol to view and drag and drop files from the remote PC > using ssh so it is all encrypted. > > For example, in konqueror > > fish://username@hostname/path/to/things > > Will, after getting a password from you, show you the directory listing > of /path/to/things on the remote computer hostname, with you "logged in" > on the remote computer as "username". > > That directory listing follows all the same semantics as a local > directory listing, you can delete files (according to the privs owned by > the username you "logged in" with on the fish:// line) drag and drop and > so on. > > It doesn't need KDE on the remote computer either, so you can get all > these convenient powers of management in local konqueror even on a > headless server in another country. Really cool! > I don't have KDE on either PC (broke all the time) Still use fish ? -- Jim Lawrence Registered Linux User: #376813 ******************************************************** When I'm feeling down, I like to whistle. It makes the neighbor's dog run to the end of his chain and gag himself. ************************************
