Re: No soft-links for scp?

[Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com>]

> What are your actual needs here?  You have asked an implementation
> specific question rather than a solution to a problem.
>
> For example, if your use case is 'know on which remote system, and
> where in that system, the files are' and the browsable is something you
> are assuming, then perhaps something simple like this could work:
>
> $ find / > `hostname`.find.out && scp `hostname`.find.out me@laptop:~/
>
> Then it would simply be a matter of grepping the file for your locations.
> `find` has options to print much more information than just the filename
> if you need that (check the -printf options).
>
> There are options... what's the actual _problem_ you're trying to solve?
>
> cheers,
> Owen.
>

Thanks, Owen. I would like to know if a file exists on another machine
on the home network, at a time when I am not connected to the home
network. I have tried using a flat file, however, I prefer to browse
in a file manager.

-- 
Dotan Cohen

http://what-is-what.com
http://gibberish.co.il

א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת
ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه‍-و-ي
А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я
а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я
ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü