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Originally Posted by patwa
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.
You should install and use it. Though, perhaps you only have to configure the MANPATH variable...
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Originally Posted by patwa
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?
No, you don't need to do that. That's just a way to transfer a bunch of files...
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Originally Posted by patwa
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?
As you are using ssh, you will (by default) be tranferring to your home directory, though you can change to wherever you want/can.
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Originally Posted by patwa
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.
Cygwin is, basically, a UNIX environment fot windows. You should use UNIX paths as if you were logged on a UNIX server. But Cygwin is not an emulator, so you will be using your real NTFS File System. In my case, my home directory from the point of view of cygwin is "/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/grial", but for windows, it's "C:\Documents and Settings\grial"
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Originally Posted by patwa
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.
Finally, to understand those commands, you will need to understand the use of pipes. Just as an introdunction, if yoy have this command:
command1 | command2
Then, command1 oputput will be redirected to command2 input.
Regards.