# Copy files from server to server

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copy-files-from-server-to-server/171677>\
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**Created:** [December 7, 2005, 10:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copy-files-from-server-to-server/171677 "2005-12-07T10:03:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![bejoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@bejoy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bejoy)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 10:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copy-files-from-server-to-server/171677/1 "2005-12-07T10:03:52Z")

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cd /w/x/y  
tar czf /u/y/you/.www/tarball.tgz .  
ls -s /u/y/you/.www/tarball.tgz

i got this commands from net but what is .www

can anybody tell me what the meaning of .www in the above commands