i am trying to copy contents of aTestDirectory on one machine (remote machine) to another machine (local machine) by issuing a local scp command:

  scp georgep@georgep-Latitude-E5500:/home/georgep/TestDirectory/*.* /home/georgep   (space between last * and /home/georgep)

i get response on local machine:

  ssh: Could not resolve hostname georgep@georgep-latitude-e5500: Temporary failure in name resolution  (notice that "l" and last "e" are not in caps?)

anyone know why this scp cmd failed and/or anything about the mixed case business?

PS  when i do a pwd on remote i get:

  georgep@georgep-Latitude-E5500:~$ pwd

  /home/georgep

pwd on local returns:

localusernam/localmachinename:/home/georgep  (i previously created georgep sub directory under /home on local)

the user name issuing the scp cmd on local is "clug" and has his own directory under home i.e. /home/clug but this is not relevant to problem

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