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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Copying files from laptop to remote server using SSH Post 302097089 by patwa on Tuesday 21st of November 2006 02:08:37 PM
Old 11-21-2006
Hi thanks for the link and I do appreciate it.

Part of the problem is that I don't seem to have the man feature on my cygwin setup - when I type command man I just get an error saying it couldn't be found.

Anyway, for the file transfer, I'm still confused. I'm thinking I need to wrap the files into an archive first, right? And then transfer?

but I'm not sure about the actual command syntax to do the transfer. From my laptop to the server would be easy, as I'm already in the directory I want to transfer from, but...

when I log into the server, and then do a pwd, I get /home/student/cs/username/ and this is my home directory.

I have a username and password to log into my part of the server. that logs me into the directory referenced above.

I usually ssh with ssh -l username server.csd.uni.ac.uk and then it asks me for the password.

So would I be transferring to the full path on the server, presumably server.csd.uni.ac.uk/home/student/cs/username, or would I be going to just the server, and then somehow using the login to map to the directory?

When transferring to the laptop, would I use the IP address as the pointer to the laptop, and then what path do I use to the home directory for cygwin? I'm guessing it wouldn't be C:\cygwin\home\H as this is Windows speak.

sorry, but as I said, total newbie to this and I've pretty much only got to gripswith the bear minimum I need to function, which is handling files on the server itself, but now I want to be able to take work home with me and upload it back when I've worked on it.

Thanks for your patience and for bearing with me.

Hussein.
 

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createhomedir

createhomedir(1)					    BSD General Commands Manual 					  createhomedir(1)

NAME

     createhomedir -- create and populate home directories on the local computer.

SYNOPSIS

     createhomedir [-scbalh] [-n directoryDomainName] [-u username]

DESCRIPTION

     createhomedir provides several options for creating and populating home directories.

OPTIONS

     -s       creates home directories for server home paths only (default).

     -c       creates home directories for local home paths only.

     -b       creates home directories for both server and local home paths.

     -a       creates home directories for users defined in all directory domains of the server's search path.

     -l       creates home directories for users defined in the local directory domain.

     -n directoryDomainName
	      creates home directories for users defined in a specific directory domain in the server's search path.

     -u username
	      creates a home directory for a specific user defined in the domain(s) identified in the -a, -l, or -n parameter. If you omit the -a,
	      -l, and -n parameters when you use the -u parameter, -a is assumed.

     -i       reads username list from standard input and creates specified home directories. Each username should be on its own line.

     -h       usage help.

FILES

     /usr/sbin/createhomedir			   location of tool

CAVEATS

     When using the -a option, search limits of various directory servers (such as Open Directory or Active Directory) can prevent all possible
     home directories from being created. In this case, you may need to specify the usernames explicitly.

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