Re: file transfer
Melvin Walters <[email protected]> Fri, 17 May 2019 22:59:58 -0600
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--===============2488573095434417710== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=-e5sWXC2Z5xGJ51E2MdcG" --=-e5sWXC2Z5xGJ51E2MdcG Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 3. Another method Using the GUI program Grsync may make the transfers easier if you want whole directories in your home like: Documents Desktop Downloa ds ... etc. This GUI has some built in ? help to show you how to get desired results in source dir ( trailing / OR no trialing / Probably not advisable to do the home directory itself because then the hidden <dot> directories of the fresh installed home would get clobbered on the laptop hdd fresh install. As far as hardware you may own would vary how many steps of grsync it may take. Or just use USB stick to shuttle them in two steps (copy on, copy off of usb stick) Tip: try it first on a small amount of data directory first. (and did it do what you wanted) On Fri, 2019-05-17 at 21:32 -0600, Melvin Newman wrote: > There are a couple of approaches.Are the computers networked together > (ex. WiFi, Ethernet, etc.)If yes, you can evaluate setting up a samba > shared folder on the laptop and copying them over from the > desktopThis can be a bit technical to set up and not super user > friendly (even if trying to do it between two windows machines!)This > would be a good option if you wanted to keep updating files between > the machines.Use an external drive or USB stickThis is probably going > to be by far the easiest way "technically" to get the files shared > between the machinesThe viability of this method depends on how much > data you have to move (i.e. are we talking 100Gb of pics and > videos... or 1-2mb of word docs?) > > > > > On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 9:16 PM Joe Shuttleworth <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I installed linux on a laptop and I want to install my files from > > my desktop to the desktop to the laptop. > > Is there a simple way to do this. I just want to save a lot of > > typing. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Joe Shuttleworth > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > clug-talk mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________clug-talk mailing > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.caMailing List > Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php)**Please remove these > lines when replying --=-e5sWXC2Z5xGJ51E2MdcG Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html dir=3D"ltr"><head></head><body style=3D"text-align:left; direction:lt= r;"><div> 3. Another method</div><div><br></div><div>Using the GUI program = <b>Grsync</b> may make the transfers easier if you want whole directories i= n your home like:</div><div> Documents</div><div> Desktop</div><div> Downlo= ads ... etc.</div><div><br></div><div>This GUI has some built in ? help to = show you how to get desired results in source dir ( trailing / OR no triali= ng /</div><div><br></div><div>Probably not advisable to do the home directo= ry itself because then the hidden <dot> directories of the fresh ins= talled home would get clobbered on the laptop hdd fresh install.</div><div>= <br></div><div>As far as hardware you may own would vary how many steps of = grsync it may take. Or just use USB stick to shuttle them in two steps (cop= y on, copy off of usb stick)</div><div><br></div><div>Tip: try it first on = a small amount of data directory first. (and did it do what you wanted)</d= iv><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Fri, 2019-05-17 at 21:32 -0600, Me= lvin Newman wrote:</div><blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8e= x; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Th= ere are a couple of approaches.<ol><li>Are the computers networked together= (ex. WiFi, Ethernet, etc.)</li><ul><li>If yes, you can evaluate setting up= a samba shared folder on the laptop and copying them over from the desktop= </li><li>This can be a bit technical to set up and not super user friendly = (even if trying to do it between two windows machines!)</li><li>This would = be a good option if you wanted to keep updating files between the machines.= </li></ul><li>Use an external drive or USB stick</li><ul><li>This is probab= ly going to be by far the easiest way "technically" to get the files shared= between the machines</li><li>The viability of this method depends on how m= uch data you have to move (i.e. are we talking 100Gb of pics and videos... = or 1-2mb of word docs?) <br></li></ul></ol></div><div><br></div></div><br><= div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, May= 17, 2019 at 9:16 PM Joe Shuttleworth <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]= ">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite" style= =3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><div= ><div style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:= rgb(0,0,0)"><div>I installed linux on a laptop and I want to install = my files from my desktop to the desktop to the laptop.</div><div>Is there a= simple way to do this. I just want to save a lot of typing.</div><div><br>= </div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Joe Shuttleworth</div><div><br>= </div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div>___________________________= ____________________<br> clug-talk mailing list<br> <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a= ><br> <a href=3D"http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca" rel=3D"norefe= rrer" target=3D"_blank">http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca</= a><br> Mailing List Guidelines (<a href=3D"http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php" rel= =3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php</a>)<br> **Please remove these lines when replying<br> </blockquote></div> <pre>_______________________________________________</pre><pre>clug-talk ma= iling list</pre><pre><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]= </a></pre><pre><a href=3D"http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca= ">http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca</a></pre><pre>Mailing L= ist Guidelines (<a href=3D"http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php">http://clug.ca= /ml_guidelines.php</a>)</pre><pre>**Please remove these lines when replying= </pre><pre><br></pre></blockquote></body></html> --=-e5sWXC2Z5xGJ51E2MdcG-- --===============2488573095434417710== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying --===============2488573095434417710==--