[ubuntu-uk] Help needed with ssh

[John Matthews]

Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> On 15/07/09 17:53, John Matthews wrote:
>   
>> Hi, thank you for your message. So as I understand it then, if I have a
>> folder on the desktop called title, that is called a directory then yes?
>> I wanted to copy that folder to the home directory.
>>     
>
> Yes, in Linux, a folder is usually known as a directory. But they mean 
> much the same. A place where files are stored inside.
>
>   
>> So what is the difference between scp and cp ~r
>>     
>
> man scp
> man cp
>
> scp is "Secure CoPy" and is generally used between *different* 
> computers; but may also be used on the same machine too.
>
> cp is the general "CoPy" command of the Linux shell.
>
> I posted quite a few links on an earlier post.
>
> A quick glance at this one: http://linuxcommand.org/learning_the_shell.php
>
> would help you considerably: Especially for copying files see: 
> http://linuxcommand.org/lts0050.php#cp
>
> HTH
>
> Alan
>
>
>   
Hi Alan,

thank you for the message. I have been bit busy since this morning 
trying to get a few things sorted, and writing in this thread and trying 
a few things out, are being done inbetween.

I will take a look at that url you posted, and see how I get on.

Thank you again,

John