On Sun, 10 Apr 2011 09:59:48 Ken wrote: <snip>
Can some guru help me out with a command line instruction that will copy a file from one box to another, in a standard ACID installation?
The boxes are behind a common router and have different port numbers for SSH (of course). If any config files changes are required, please show what is needed.
Here's a tutorial that may help. The fourth point mentions how to specify a port. http://www.linuxtutorialblog.com/post/ssh-and-scp-howto-tips-tricks
Secondly
If possible, is there a way to direct the output of this transfer to "stdin" so that it can go directly into another program?
Yes, you use ssh for this (not scp). Here's how: http://gnuru.org/article/1522/copying-with-scp-stdin Have fun! 73, Andrew