some help on ssh please

[isaac]

Hi,

I downloaded PUTTY and installed it.

I need some help, rather urgent, on the following SSH commands:

(1) cp <source directory> <destination directory>

how can i specify the source directory?

(2) the destination directory is always http://xabc/username

must i cd .. to get to http://xabc/ and thereafter to www so that the command 'cp <source directory> <destination directory> will copy file to the www directory?

Thank you

[Bob]

Issac,

If you have a file in your /www directory that you want to copy to your Shell directory you would use the following, assuming the file name is test.html

$ cp /big/dom/xdomain/www/test.html /big/dom/xdomain/username

(replacing xdomain with your actual xdom)

So if your domain is 'example.com' and your username is 'albert' the command would be:

$ cp /big/dom/xexample/www/test.html /big/dom/xexample/albert

-Bob

Psst... http://www.FutureQuest.net/Community/SiteOwner/

[isaac]

thank you Bob

what i want is to copy a file from my PC harddisk to the server

thus:

cp <C:/abc/xyz.php> <destination>

I do not know the syntax for <C:/abc/xyz.php>

.....

thanks again

[Tom E.]

Hi Isaac,

"http://" is only used to access your site with a web browser. In Telnet/SSH, it's all folders and files, like on your local hard drive.

You can specify the source & destination directories starting at the root directory "/" like this:

cp /big/dom/xyouraccount/somedirectory /big/dom/xyouraccount/www

If the directory doesn't begin with a "/", it is relative to your current directory (type "pwd" to find out), like this:

cd /big/dom/xyouraccount
cp somedirectory www

You can look at the FQ Knowledge Base article Common Unix/Linux Commands Used Via Telnet/SSH for more info.

You can also use the CNC File Manager to copy, move, create and delete files and directories.

-- Tom

[Tom E.]

Oops - way to slow with my response.

Maybe this one will be fast enough...

what i want is to copy a file from my PC harddisk to the server

Telnet/SSH can't access your local computer.

Use the CNC File Manager or an FTP program (Windows Explorer will do it) to copy files between your PC and your FQ account.

[isaac]

oh....that explains the futile search then....

cheers