Copy pdf from LxPlus directory to home directory

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Hi,

I am a beginner ROOT user using ROOT in LxPlus.

I have made a .pdf plot in my LxPlus directory. I would like to copy the plot file to my home directory on my own computer.

Here is my attempt:

[ssussman@lxplus0088 ~]$ scp ssussman@lxplus.cern.ch:test.pdf /home/sara/

I received this response:

/home/sara/: Is a directory

But I cannot find the file in my home directory. Am I doing something wrong?

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I think the “/home/sara/” subdirectory does NOT exist on your “local” computer (which seems to be “lxplus0088”). Try:
ls -al /home/sara/

Assuming that “lxplus0088” is one of the “lxplus” machines, maybe you should try:
[ssussman@lxplus0088 ~]$ scp test.pdf sara@some.remote.computer:/home/sara/

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I tried this
[ssussman@lxplus0088 ~]$ scp test.pdf sara@some.remote.computer:/home/sara/

and it added the host to my list of known host and asked for sara@some.remote.computer’s password. I put in my computer password but it was rejected.

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So, “/home/sara/” subdirectory does NOT exist on “lxplus”.

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So, “/home/sara/” subdirectory does NOT exist on “lxplus”.

Yes, that is correct.

I am just trying to get the file to my computer’s desktop browser.

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But you do realize that you were expected to replace the “some.remote.computer” string with the correct fully qualified domain name of your “own computer”, don’t you. :mrgreen:

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Hi,

I tried to find my computer’s FQDN by doing this

sara@sara-Aspire-V5-122P:~$ hostname --fqdn
sara-Aspire-V5-122P

and then when I applied this to your suggestion:

[ssussman@lxplus0088 ~]$ scp test.pdf sara@sara-Aspire-V5-122P:/home/sara/
ssh: Could not resolve hostname sara-Aspire-V5-122P: Name or service not known
lost connection

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Then try:
sara@sara-Aspire-V5-122P:~$ scp ssussman@lxplus0088.cern.ch:test.pdf ./

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Thanks, that did it!

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Hi,
I also have the same problem !!
I followed your instructions, it looks like finished w/o any problem. However I cannot find the file.
(both mac and ubuntu);

MacBook-Pro:~ Atakan$ scp takmete@lxplus042.cern.ch:fitresults.gif ./

The authenticity of host ‘lxplus042.cern.ch (188.184.95.116)’ can’t be established.
RSA key fingerprint is SHA256:9RdZ+nAMvKXztkyuirJrZYSuDSzmF2AGHN/ozPIIaVw.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes

Warning: Permanently added ‘lxplus042.cern.ch’ (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
Password:

System during compilation: Scientific Linux CERN SLC release 6.8 (Carbon)

MacBook-Pro:~ Atakan$ ls

Applications Library ex1.py
Desktop Movies ibt_application.log
Documents Music Downloads
Pictures Dropbox Public
Dropbox (METU SHiP Group) Dropbox (Personal)

Can anyone help me?
thank you for your time.