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Pacopag

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Registered: 2011-05-29

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Can I use ftp to tranfer files within same machine?

Hi.
I know this may seem silly, but can I use ftp to transfer files within the same machine?

I'm used to ftp addresses that look like this ftp://domain.com/somefolder, so I can tranfer files between my local machine an some remote server at domain.com
But what does it mean when you have ftp://apparently/local/path   ?  with no domain?

Drawing parallel to svn, this looks like a local transfer.  Or am I over complicating it?

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

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Re: Can I use ftp to tranfer files within same machine?

Sure you can. 

It looks like you are using a kioslave in KDE, probably using Dolphin as your client.  (The ftp:// is my indication)
You can just use the address ftp://localhost.   If you want to use a more traditional command line tool, ftp localhost should work.

EDIT:  BTW, your link is bad

Last edited by ewaller (2013-11-11 15:29:07)

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Pacopag

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Re: Can I use ftp to tranfer files within same machine?

I'm actually working on a red had vps, so it's command line only with no file manager.

The link was just an example.  But I've been asked to set up an ftp folder so that an application (on the same server) can pull files via ftp.