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

[David Willson]

Throw in another vote for SCP.  Fast, secure, and easy.  Works for
everything and requires very little setup.  Keep putty & pscp on a CD,
and you're set.  KNOPPIX does this too, so a KNOPPIX disc can sometimes
replace a Windows-based utility.

On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 11:26, Alex Young wrote:
> 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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David Willson <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU>