Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <011d01c30f95$711a2b30$1f7a86d9@ellixia> From: "Elfyn McBratney" To: "cygwin" , "Biju G C" References: <20030501032730 DOT 19505 DOT qmail AT web14610 DOT mail DOT yahoo DOT com> Subject: Re: being an idiot, transferring files 'tween PC and remote server via cygwin Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 04:55:00 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 > S.Wiesner, > I think right list for this is cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > > u may also try "scp" (Secure copy) > More on Secure Shell - http://tech.erdelynet.com/ > maillist http://tech.erdelynet.com/mailman/listinfo/ssh-l/ > > Cheer > Biju Biju, Please refrain from referrencing Michael Erdely's site and mailing list for ssh help. This list cannot support information coming from other sites, and it's exposure will only cause confusion. Elfyn > --- S DOT Wiesner AT surrey DOT ac DOT uk wrote: > > OK, so I'm an idiot, and I've looked everywhere and tried contacting my IT > > guys at school numerous times, but to no avail. Here's the deal: I connect to > > the unix server at school using cygwin Xfree86 (the preferred method acc'd to > > the IT guys...my other option in Exceed). It works great as far as driging > > down to the server I need, getting to my app and files, etc. What I'm having > > trouble with, however, is transferring files. Do I need to mount my PC's c: > > drive somehow so that the unix server recognizes it? Or mount the school's > > server to my PC? I'm sorry to be so stupid, but I am NOT a technoweenie (my > > doctoral research is in Dance Writing and AI descriptions of motion). I'm > > lost. Please help.I tried ftp, but I'm having connection probs(not your > > problem...just letting you know I tried and if this SHOULD work please let me > > know and I'll get back on it (using Winftp pro). thanks ever for any advice > > (other than telling me I'm stupid which I already know). > > SLW -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/