On Sun, 9 Feb 2003 00:59:24 -0500 (EST), Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: >> Can anybody here figure out how to use SCPDOS? SCPDOS is a >> secure file transfer utility to upload and get files to/from >> a remote host. It is a secure alternative to using FTP. > Here's how I copy files from my Linux machine to my > FreeBSD Unix webhost. > ---------------------------------------------------------- > $ scp order.html [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/public_html/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: (type password) > order.html 100% |*****************************| 43170 00:00 > ----------------------------------------------------------- > I type the first line, and am prompted with the second. > As soon as I type in my password, the file name appears, and > asterisks appear to show the progress of the upload. When > it's finished, the number of bytes appear, along with the > time it took for the transaction. Isn't broadband great? > ;-) > I don't know if that exact syntax will work with SCPDOS, > but these things often have common ancestors. The above > syntax would certainly seem to be a good starting point. Hello Steve: I just found out that there is now a new version of SCPDOS, version 0.93. The new version comes with documentation. The syntax for it's use is similar to the syntax you have shown. I couldn't get the program to work. I couldn't even get as far as receiving a password prompt. No matter what I tried I would always receive the error "Received invalid packet". With PSFTP, a program that comes with PuTTY and runs in a DOS box under Window$, I could get PSFTP to work, but I would always have to use the commands "reget" and "reput" because of the invalid packet problems. PSFTP is very slow and it is a PITA because I have to keep "regetting" and "reputting". Another disadvantage is that works only in a DOS box under Window$. DOS FTP always works just fine for me and it is very fast. The disadvantage of using any normal FTP program is the security hole that it opens. I don't know if the invalid packet problems with secure FTP originate at my end or at the remote server. Sam Heywood
