Re: File Transfer

Brett Michaels <[email protected]> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:53:47 -0500
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A crossover network cable?
I didn't know there were such things!
Anyhow, I'll try my luck with #3.
"sshd" I assume stands for "solid statew hardrive" and I don't have one of
those.
Thanks for the replies.

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 7:49 AM, Ovi Dimulescu <[email protected]> wrote:

> Asuming you are CLI oriented several options:
>
> 1. rsync (requires rsyncd or sshd running on destination)
> 2. scp (requires sshd running on destination)
> 3. tar to console | netcat on the source then netcat | tar from console on
> the destination
>
> #1 is probably cleanest and also keeps track of what changed since last
> transfer
>
> #3 is handy for one-offs when you have lots of smaller files ...
>
> If you have large files and don't have Gigabit switch on the DSL modem you
> may want to connect the two machines directly via a cross-over network
> cable.
>
> HTH,
> -Ovi
>
>
> On 12/10/12 2:46 AM, Brett Michaels wrote:
>
>> How do you transfer files between 2 computers hooked up to the same dsl
>> modem?
>> One PC has Debian, the other has Mint.
>> The smaller Dell has Debian and I would like to transfer all the video
>> files from it to the PC with more storage, but have no idea how to do this
>> other than using a flash drive.
>> Is there a better way?
>> Thanks,
>> Hugh
>>
>>
>

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