[oclug] SSH/SCP (was: Securing a sysem) [was: knark attack]

[Patrice LaFlamme]

On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 03:22:27PM -0500 or thereabouts, Raymond Wood wrote:
>   e.g.
>   scp localfile username at host.net:~
> Any ideas as to what I am doing wrong (me thinks it is just a syntax error) ?

When I just want to copy to my home directory, I just use

scp file user at host:

No ~ . Unless there is a leading / after the colon, all paths are assumed to be
relative to the home directory.

Cheers,
Patrix.

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