[RFC] upload/download command

Andrew Cagney cagney@gnu.org
Tue Nov 18 03:08:00 GMT 2003


> I would say the most common meaning for upload is to push something onto a
> remote target and download means to pull something off a remote.  Ie. "I
> just downloaded 10 GB of pr0n from that server." or "I just uploaded the
> virus to the mainframe."
> 
> This is the sense in which we use the terms.

Interesting, I was thinking of the exact reverse.  Looks like another 
up/down problem.  Are there other terms?  FTP's "put" and "get"?

Andrew




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