[michael180]

When I enter man put in Terminal. it says No manual entry for put. Any suggestions?

[CharlesS]

man sftp?

(or man ftp)

[michael180]

I still cannot use put or get, perhaps I'm using the wrong shell.

Thanks

[turtle777]

uhm, isn't put a FTP command, so you need to enter "ftp" in the shell, then you'd get the ftp prompt, and then you can use put.

-t

[michael180]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

uhm, isn't put a FTP command, so you need to enter "ftp" in the shell, then you'd get the ftp prompt, and then you can use put.

-t

Yes, I am aware of that. I'm trying SSH into my iPhone. I don't have any trouble getting there, but shouldn't I be able to use put and get once I get there?

Thanks . . .

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by michael180 

Yes, I am aware of that. I'm trying SSH into my iPhone. I don't have any trouble getting there, but shouldn't I be able to use put and get once I get there?

Thanks . . .

No, put is a ftp shell command, not a Unix command.

You need to use (s)cp to copy files.

-t

[michael180]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

No, put is a ftp shell command, not a Unix command.

You need to use (s)cp to copy files.

-t

I guess I just don't know enough, when I enter "cp" I get the message "missing destination file operand after `FST_BG.png (finename)".

Thanks though for your help . . .

[Cold Warrior]

you need to specify more, like
scp [file] user@device:[folder] then press return

[file] includes the full path
For example, when I scp files from my desktop to my appletv, I do
scp ~/Desktop/*.avi frontrow@appletv.local:Movies

[turtle777]

Use scp:

scp /directory/filename.ext username@x.x.x.x:~/

This will copy filename.ext to the home directory of your remote computer at IP address x.x.x.x

man scp will help, too.

-t

[michael180]

Originally Posted by Cold Warrior 

you need to specify more, like
scp [file] user@device:[folder] then press return

[file] includes the full path
For example, when I scp files from my desktop to my appletv, I do
scp ~/Desktop/*.avi frontrow@appletv.local:Movies

I have the file on my Desktop as well, but when scp it, I get the following message;
cannot stat `/var/root/Desktop/FST_BG.png
It's looks at though it's trying to find my Desktop at the remote location? How do I get it to find the file on my local machine?

[Cold Warrior]

Have you ssh'd into the iPhone? If so you need to exit and then use scp.

[michael180]

Originally Posted by Cold Warrior 

Have you ssh'd into the iPhone? If so you need to exit and then use scp.

Yes I've ssh'd into the phone. But if I exit, then how can I get the file into the phone?

[CharlesS]

Or use sftp instead of ssh. That will give you the FTP interface you are used to, where you can use commands like put and get.

[michael180]

Originally Posted by CharlesS 

Or use sftp instead of ssh. That will give you the FTP interface you are used to, where you can use commands like put and get.

That works fine . . .

Thanks Charles

[Cold Warrior]

Originally Posted by CharlesS 

Or use sftp instead of ssh. That will give you the FTP interface you are used to, where you can use commands like put and get.

Originally Posted by michael180 

That works fine . . .

Thanks Charles

paired with something like cyberduck, you can get a gui too.

[Cold Warrior]

Originally Posted by michael180 

Yes I've ssh'd into the phone. But if I exit, then how can I get the file into the phone?

the scp command, with the syntax we've suggested, will automatically initiate the ssh login.

[Simon]

scp takes care of all the ssh business. You just need to give it the parameters like path to source file, path to destination, IPs, and account.

From the Mac:
scp /path/on/Mac youriPhoneAccount@iPhoneIP:/path/on/Mac

From the iPhone
scp path/on/iPhone yourMacAccount@MacIP:/path/on/Mac

MacIP can of course be something like nameOfMyMac.local since the iMac and iPhone will be on the same subnet.