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[Freestyler]

I need to download a file from a site (as in something like www.site.com/file.zip) onto a web server that I can access using only SCP (not FTP). And I need to do it without me or my bandwidth being involved. Is this at all possible?

 

[Phoenix]

Well you use sftp to perform the copy, but I don't know about this 'not using my bandwidth' thing. If you copy a file over your internet connection - its going to require you and your bandwidth... unless you hack into someone elses machine and do it from there or somehthing.

 

[maharg]

Not possible.

And sftp is not the same thing as scp.

 

[Freestyler]

Well I figured it out in the end, I just used a wget command and put in the file. All was going well until it told me the max filesize was 2GB (after downloading 2GB nonetheless), which thoroughly pissed me off.

 

[Phoenix]

Not possible.

And sftp is not the same thing as scp.

If you have access to scp 9 times out of 10 you have access to sftp.

 

[maharg]

They are, however, different. sftp is a protocol extension that does file listings and uploads/downloads, scp is just a program that runs on both sides of the connection (like rsync or rcp) that just copies.

Nitpicky indeed, but true.