On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Ian Kelly <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 5:05 PM, Chris Angelico <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 6:05 AM, Random832 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> On 2015-12-01, Steve Hayes <[email protected]> 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
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