[CLUE-Tech] What is the easiest way to move files between two computers?

[Alex Young]

I use secure copy.  It works well, it's fast, and secure.

 scp [[user@]host1:]file1 [...]  [[user@]host2:]file2

Type 'man scp' for more info.

For windows boxen get a copy of putty.exe and pscp.exe from http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
You can't serve scp to your linux box, but at least you can start transfers that way.

-alex

----- Original Message -----
From: bof <bof at pcisys.net>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 10:25:21 -0600 
To: CLUE-Tech <clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us>
Subject: [CLUE-Tech] What is the easiest way to move files between two computers?

> Hello,
> 
> On occasion, I need to move large (multi-megabyte) files from one 
> computer to another. Neither system has a Zip drive or CD burner, so 
> using a sneakernet method is not feasible.
> 
> One of the computers is my laptop and will always be used as one of the 
> two systems. It will be running Linux (Red Hat or Slackware); the other 
> will run Windows 98, or Mac OS, or Linux. The systems are not part of a 
> network, and I plan on connecting them by their ethernet cards using a 
> crossover cable.
> 
> I don't care about security: I will be present for the transfer and once 
> it is done, the computers will be disconnected. Furthermore, once the 
> transfer is done, I will most likely not need to do it again with that 
> particular computer. I am looking for the easiest way to do this, so I 
> don't want to take a lot of time having to install programs and 
> configure passwords, .config files, etc. I've tried rsh and had trouble 
> with the passwords; I've tried SSH and gotten it to work after some 
> effort. But is there a faster way: can't something be done with ftp or 
> telnet or something else?
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> BOF
> 
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