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Move Files From One Computer To Another VIA "scp" Secure Copy Protocol - In Mac OS X.

OSXFAQ Reader Tip By James Kelly

Have you ever been on say machine A and want to securely move a file to another computer? Well Secure Copy Protocol is part of OpenSSH already on your box. This hint presumes you have a username and password on the target box and you are already logged onto the source box.

Source_Box---------scp------------->Target_box

Open terminal and do:

vi copyhome

then type the following into the terminal window

#Useage:

#move this script someplace in your path

#like /usr/sbin by doing:

#sudo mv copyhomse /usr/sbin/copyhome

#rehash

#then cd to the directory where the

#directory where the file you want to

#move lives then do:

#scp filename ipOFtargetBox

#do:

#scp