mairving — Thu, 19 May 2005 17:40:40 +0000

Start a file download from where? If it is a ftp site, you can ssh to your home machine and then:
ftp hostname.com
and get your files.

If it is by http, then you can use either links or lynx, which are command line browsers.

You could also use SSH tunneling but it can be challenging to setup. You could possibly create a tunnel and then bring up the Mac GUI and go.

Abhishek Reddy — Mon, 16 May 2005 00:51:57 +0000

Quote: what I really want to do is to be able to ssh to my home machine and start a file download from the internet.

Just checking: do you want to start a download from the internet to machine#1, or do you want to download stuff from machine#1 to machine#2 via SSH?

You probably want to use SFTP or SCP. This might require some configuration of your SSH server first.

I've never used either of them so I don't have any hints other than to look up documentation. I might try setting it up and testing later today to see if I get anywhere...