[bf1942] *blushing* NOOB ?

AthlonRob AthlonRob at axpr.net
Sun Feb 1 17:02:50 EST 2004


On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 13:47, Ian Merwin wrote:

> Question #3: Im using SSH to communicate with my remote Linux server. 
> Can I download directly to it from the command line in Linux? INSTEAD
> of downloading to my WinXP machine then FTPing to the Linux box?
> *major waste of time*  (The server is an hours drive away). I have DSL
> 384/128.

If you have a URL where it is located, just use wget on the linux box.

Better yet, put BitTorrent in there and just use that.

And, there aren't many good reasons to use FTP any more... scp is a bit
better.  A bit quicker if you enable compression.

Rob




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