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On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 5:05 PM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 6:05 AM, Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> wrote:
>> On 2015-12-01, Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
>>> You download things FROM a computer, you upload them TO a computer.
>>
>> I'm a little bit confused as to what kinds of file transfers
>> you think don't have at least two endpoints.
>
> From some other computer to the one you're controlling it from. A
> download is initiated by the recipient; an upload is initiated by the
> sender.

What about transfers that are initiated by neither?

scp remote_host1:path/to/file remote_host2:path/to/destination