Problem in finding pah

[Joseph Bashir]

I am trying to upload a file to the server. I am using windows while the server is running on linux. The path on my side is "D:\testfolder\testimage.jpg", and linux does not understand this path. How can I change this path so linux understands it.

[Stefan Wagner]

There are multiple ways to upload a file to a server.
The classic way is to use ftp.

Assuming your servers name is foo.bar, and you're logging into your home directory on the sever, and like to put the file into your folder testimage (does it exist?)

Once connected to the server, commands normally apply to the server, so let's change to the source-dir first:

d:
cd \testfolder
ftp foo.bar
mkdir testfolder
cd testfolder
put testimage.jpg 

if testfolder exists, omit the mkdir.
Windows sometimes assumes you're up- or downloading text-files, not binaries. I'm not sure when and how to handle this - perhaps a switch /b like binary or a seperate command in ftp:

d:
cd \testfolder
ftp foo.bar
binary
mkdir testfolder
...

help or ? might help in ftp:

d:
cd \testfolder
ftp foo.bar
help
help mput

To change the local directory inside ftp use lcd:

d:
cd \
ftp foo.bar
lcd testfolder

be aware of case sensitivity on linux.

[Scott Cook]

unix path will have forward slashes instead of backward slashes:
/testfolder/testimage.jpg

Linux will not understand the "D:" part either.

ftp is probably the easiest way to go (as previous poster mentioned)

if you are going to be doing this a lot, the best solution might be to have your sys-admin mount the linux drives onto your pc.

Our company uses the freeware from samba.org to do this.

enjoy!
Scott
[ August 22, 2006: Message edited by: Scott Cook ]

[Roseanne Zhang]

We are using samba server too.

You also can trick it, bring you usb flash drive...