ssh help

[rainbowcountry]

Hello, I would like to copy files from my local machine to my remote web site using ssh

once I have established an ssh connection what is the command structure?

[Zelmo]

For transferring files, the command you need is scp (not ssh). Syntax is like so:

scp localfile user@remotehost:/path

You can also copy files from the remote machine to your local machine using the reverse:

scp user@remotehost:/path/file /localpath/filename

Some GUI file managers will also let you use the fish protocol, which makes things much easier. Just type 'fish://user@remotehost' in the address field. You'll get a password prompt, and then your file manager will show you the remote filesystem (starting in user's home directory, unless you specify another one). Then you can drag-and-drop files from the desktop or another file manager window.