rcp.. scp... help!

[A. Buza]

I'm trying to transfer files to a remote server. Rcp and/or scp looks like the best bet. I can establish a SSH connection to the server, but after that I'm clueless.. how does one use rcp or scp? Do I even need to be connected to the server?

[andrzej]

You want to copy the /somedir/foo.bar on the local pc to the home directory at the remote pc. Your username at the remote pc is 'theuser'. After copying the file will be named that.file

$ scp /somedir/foo.bar theuser@remote.host:that.file

Read 'man scp' for more details.