connecting to a server

[Chris G]

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 12:22:12PM -0500, Bill Stanley wrote:
> On 01/12/2011 11:56 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> >On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 3:50 AM, Bill Stanley<bstanle at wowway.com>  wrote:
> >>This is getting tedious...
> >>
> >>Is there any way to get a BIG (4.5 GB) file from my server to the laptop.  I
> >>am having problems on the laptop  with connecting to the server where the
> >>BIG file is located.  I have other computers on the network that can access
> >>the file but not the lapto
> >
> >There are a lot of issues with moving large (>4GB) files around. I
> >ended up writing a custom utility to send a large file to a Windows
> >computer, although that may have been more a Windows issue than
> >otherwise, and if both ends of the connection are Linux then it may be
> >easier.
> >
> >Are you able to do it with FTP? If not, I'll see if I can rewrite the
> >recipient end of my file transfer utility for Linux, and see how it
> >goes. It uses TCP/IP rather than SMB, as in my experience it's more
> >reliable.
> 
> I would be willing to give FTP a try but I haven't had the need to
> use it.  What must I do?  Presumably I have to set up my server some
> way and then what must be done on the client side?
> 
I tend to use either rsync or scp, if you can ssh from one computer to
the other then both rsync and scp 'just work'.

-- 
Chris Green