On Tuesday 14 June 2016 15:42:17 Lars Noodén wrote: > On 06/14/2016 05:32 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > peter@Nyx-II:~/Lisi$ cp Ken-Blue-10.jpg Lisi@192.168.0.2:~/Pictures/ > > cp: cannot create regular file ‘Lisi@192.168.0.2:~/Pictures/’: No such > > file or directory > > peter@Nyx-II:~/Lisi$ cp Ken-Blue-10.jpg > > Lisi@192.168.0.2:~/Pictures/Ken-Blue-test > > cp: cannot create regular file > > ‘Lisi@192.168.0.2:~/Pictures/Ken-Blue-test’: No such file or directory > > peter@Nyx-II:~/Lisi$ > > There's a typo there. It should be scp rather than cp, to get from one > machine to the other. You might consider using sftp since that tool > gives more to work with. > > About the dynamic ip numbers, there are several ways to solve that. One > is to get them an account with a dynamic DNS service. There are some > free, with conditions, there are some that cost, and there are some > regular registrars that even offer it as part of their regular service.
Thank you, Lars. That was an error, not a typo. Now corrected. I'll certainly look at sftp. Thanks for the tip re IPs. That has cheered me up!! The distance is becoming more of a problem, and finding them a replacement for myself is tricky to say the least. Lisi
