Rudi Ahlers wrote: > scp is the easiest in this regard. It runs over SSH, so your data is > secure - especially if it's over the open internet. > > The commands are as follows: scp user1 at otherhost:/home/user1/myfile . ... and in fact, if /home/user1 is user1 at otherhost's home directory, that can be shortened to... $ scp user1 at otherhost:myfile . you can also copy the other way... $ scp myfile user1 at otherhost:. which would put it in user1 at otherhost's home directory... or... $ scp -R . user1 at otherhost:/remote/path would copy ALL files and subdirectories from the current directory to /remote/path on otherhost... `man scp` for lots more options...