On Sun, 9 Feb 2003 00:59:24 -0500 (EST), Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: >> Can anybody here figure out how to use SCPDOS? SCPDOS is a >> secure file transfer utility to upload and get files to/from >> a remote host. It is a secure alternative to using FTP. > Here's how I copy files from my Linux machine to my > FreeBSD Unix webhost. > ---------------------------------------------------------- > $ scp order.html [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/public_html/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: (type password) > order.html 100% |*****************************| 43170 00:00 > ----------------------------------------------------------- > I type the first line, and am prompted with the second. > As soon as I type in my password, the file name appears, and > asterisks appear to show the progress of the upload. When > it's finished, the number of bytes appear, along with the > time it took for the transaction. Isn't broadband great? > ;-) > I don't know if that exact syntax will work with SCPDOS, > but these things often have common ancestors. The above > syntax would certainly seem to be a good starting point. I have a remote shell account running Free BSD at "sdf.lonestar.org" The syntax you use with your linux scp program has no similarity to the syntax which the unhelpful help screen for my DOS version attempts to hint at. I tried anyway using a syntax according to your example and I tried some things similar. Nothing happened for me. Thanks for trying to help. Sam Heywood -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser: http://browser.arachne.cz/
