Copy Files over Net via Unix Shell
 

Hi All,
I have a large 500 meg file i want to move from one IP address on the net to another.

Now i can spend ages downloading it then uploading it onto the new site - but i wondered if there was any way i could grab it from one site and put it onto the other withough having to go through that.

Both sites i have access to via a unix shell.

Any ideas - is it possible?

Re: Copy Files over Net via Unix Shell
 

You should be able to log in to the Shell on one system, then use the FTP command on that system to send the file to the other. Assuming the other has an FTP daemon running.

Re: Copy Files over Net via Unix Shell
 

Or use wget on the machine you want it on.
Example:
wget http://hostname/file.zip

Re: Copy Files over Net via Unix Shell
 

Ok, so - eh - how would i do that - i have not got much unix experience. :help:
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Cool - goes off to try that.

Re: Copy Files over Net via Unix Shell
 

Alternatively, RCP, log into the machine you want it on, then rcp the file from the other machine. Don't you just love Unix, some many ways to do a simple job :)

Re: Copy Files over Net via Unix Shell
 

or you could scp it (assuming ssh is installed)

scp [user]@[host_orIP]:[filename] [local_file_name] (will copy the file to your current directory)

eg "scp zovat@197.12.12.12:MyDocuments/fred ./ " would copy a file called fred from the directory "MyDocuments" int the User zovat's home directory on the machine with the IP of 197.12.12.12 to the local directory.

Re: Copy Files over Net via Unix Shell
 

There is no geek that a Unix question shall not reveal :D

I'd go with the FTP from one to the other myself.

Re: Copy Files over Net via Unix Shell
 

There's always the option of ~400 floppies :)