What's the simplest way to copy files between networked PCs?

Douglas Clinton wrote on 04.11.2003 20:21:


> On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 06:07:54 +0000, Jem Berkes wrote:
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>>>>If that doesn't work try 'sshd' to start the OpenSSH daemon, then
>>>>attempt sftp.
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>>>Why use ssh? Do you think the mice are going read his mail?
>>
>>I'd opt for plain old ftp myself. But from common linux installs I've seen,
>>ftp and apache require quite a bit of configuration whereas OpenSSH is
>>ready to go in most situations. The sftp subsystem is very convenient,
>>really.
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> Anyone have any insights as to which is more "scriptable"
> ksh/bash/whatever ... sftp or scp.

I'd say scp. Try it yourselve and you'll see ;)

--
Walter

Hi,

my favourite is rsync, because its easy and 'mächtig'

Maybe you have to use: 'rsync --rsh=ssh' if you have not enabled 'old'
rcp services.

Have a look to things like:

rsync -rp machinea:/tmp/* remotemachine:/newdir

Using '*' on both sides is very nice.

Also see:http://www.samba.org/rsync

Cheers,

Toni

In article <pan.2003.11.02.10.21.07.926925@actcom.net.il>, Michael Badt
<mibadt@actcom.net.il> wrote:

> HI,
> I need to copy some large files from PC1 (Knoppix 3.3) to PC2 (Mandrake
> 9.1). It's a one-time operation and I'd rather avoid installing,
> configuring and running NFS on either PC.
> Both PCs are networked and I can ping PC1-PC2 and vice versa.
> Please advise !
>
> Thanks!
>