On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 5:05 PM, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 6:05 AM, Random832 <random...@fastmail.com> wrote: >>> On 2015-12-01, Steve Hayes <hayes...@telkomsa.net> wrote: >>>> You download things FROM a computer, you upload them TO a computer. >>> >>> I'm a little bit confused as to what kinds of file transfers >>> you think don't have at least two endpoints. >> >> From some other computer to the one you're controlling it from. A >> download is initiated by the recipient; an upload is initiated by the >> sender. > > What about transfers that are initiated by neither? > > scp remote_host1:path/to/file remote_host2:path/to/destination
I'd punt and call it a "transfer", same as you just did :) ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list