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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers How to execute a command on UNIX? Post 302321609 by Action on Monday 1st of June 2009 04:50:27 PM
Old 06-01-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by BenA
Hi guys,
I'm completely new to UNIX and Linux and all that stuff. I've been using webhosting (shared) for some time years now and recently I've wanted to carry out some tasks that have had some commands which are not familiar to me. One was to install Mailman and the other to copy files from one server to another. I searched for ways to do the latter and got this:
Code:
$ scp source/file.c remoteuser@remoteaddr:remote/dir
$ scp -r remoteuser@remoteaddr:remote/dir ~/tmp

which means nothing to me. I assume that it's a command relating to UNIX and I have no idea how to execute such things. I am used to programming having written plenty of PHP and some client-side languages (not professionally), but this is like nothing I've ever seen.
If this is not UNIX related, I apologise, please correct me. If it is, how might I go about running such a command?
I've searched a bit but nothing much useful seems to come up. If it's helpful, my server says it's "UNIX Type: L8".

Thanks for your time,
Ben
Heyo, Ben, what you found is scp - secure copy over networks. remoteaddr is the server, remoteusr is the user you login as, after colon (":") there is the path, the tilda ("~") is for the user's home directory, "~/tmp" is the "tmp" subdirectory in the user's home directory. To your UNIX - if you can star a terminal, try to type in "uname -a" and press Enter, then copy and past it here so we can know exactly what kind of UNIX do you use. Any details about your UNIX, how does it look like, programms, maybe screenshots and so on can be helpful.
 

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log(8)							      System Manager's Manual							    log(8)

NAME
log - Records input and output from a program SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/log <logfile> <command> OPERANDS
The file in which to record the interaction being logged. The command to execute. DESCRIPTION
The log program runs <command> and logs the input to and output from <command> to the <logfile> file. Input and output are logged until <command> exits, the log program exits, and the exit status of <command> is returned. The log program is used by the system installation procedure and the it(8) command to create the /var/adm/smlogs/install.log and /var/adm/smlogs/it.log installation log files. RESTRICTIONS
Because the log program is used in the installation standalone environment, program size was the greatest concern in its implementation. The log program does not search for the PATH variable to locate <command> and error messages are terse. The log program causes <command> to take standard input from and write standard output and standard error to UNIX pipes. Some commands will not be able to operate in this environment; therefore, it is suggested that you use the script(1) command instead. UNIX shells will not issue prompts when run from log unless the shell is started with an explicit interactive switch (-i for most shells). For example, log foo.tmp /sbin/sh -i In the previous example, foo.tmp is the name of <logfile>. The log program intercepts end-of-file (usually Ctrl/d). Therefore programs which normally receive end-of-file as an exit command must exit by some other means. ERRORS
Log open error Explanation: The log program was unable to open <logfile>. Verify that the directory exists and that ownerships and permissions are set correctly. Exec Error Explanation: The log program was unable to execute <command>. Verify that you specified a full pathname for <command> and that <command> is an exe- cutable file. Fork Error Explanation: The log program was unable to create one of the processes it requires to log data. SEE ALSO
Commands: it(8), script(1) log(8)
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