On Wednesday 15 June 2016 10:13:26 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > Leon.37428 wrote on 06/14/16 19:28: > <snip> > > > With scp if you plan on using the same file-name, you don't need to > > specify it on the other end. You can simply go right ahead and just type: > > > > scp /home/whatever/file.jpg remote@hostname:"/home/user/Pictures" > > Better command > > scp /home/whatever/file.jpg remote@hostname:/home/user/Pictures/ > > because with the ending "/" you state you intend to copy to a directory. If > it doesn't exist you get an error message. Without the "/" at the end of > the remote path you would rename your file and could even overwrite an > existing file name "Pictures".
That explains one of the error messages I got! Thank you, Jörg-Volker. Thanks again to all, for all the help and ideas, Lisi