help with ssh

[lazydays]

back-to-my-mac is failing me this morning but I can ssh to my home computer. I need a file off of it. How can I transfer a file via ssh? Thanks.

[Seacrest]

Use sftp or scp.
The best GUI client for this in a pinch is Cyberduck or Filezilla if you're on Windows.
http://www.cyberduck.ch

[mikebw]

I have not done this, but you might be able to find some help here- https://marylou.byu.edu/filesoverssh.php

[ztirffritz]

scp should work. It's been a while since I've used it, but I think that it is something like
scp user@computer1 ath/to/the/filename user@computer2:path/to/the/filename

Why am I writing this out? You have access to Google. Figure it out.
http://kb.iu.edu/data/agye.html

edit: is there an 'escape' character on the forum that will disable smiley's? It is so annoying when you try to give someone instructions and a smiley appears in the middle of it because you use a colon as part of the command.

[Wailer]

open terminal and try "man scp"

if you want it in non-cryptic terms, google "scp terminal mac"

I think you can only push files from the host computer to another computer.

[Seacrest]

Wailer wrote:
I think you can only push files from the host computer to another computer.

No, you can scp either way.

[pinion]

Definitely go the sftp route. Use any ftp program and for the port number use port 22 instead of 21.