If you are in a UNIX environment and need a quick and secure way to copy files I suggest using scp from the command-line. SSH and OpenSSH provide the scp application, which allows you to connect and transfer files on servers running an encrypted FTP service. (ssh daemon). If you are looking for an X windows GUI application, you may want to try out
http://gftp.seul.org/.
Here is how scp works:
(Note the use of periods; they are essential!!)
1) To copy a file from hostB to hostA, while logged in to hostB:
[user@server ~]$ scp -P port filename [email protected]:.
(copies file to user's home dir on hostA machine, because of the period after the colon)
2) To copy a folder from hostB to hostA, while logged in to hostB first cd to the directory on HostB which contains the folder you want to copy:
[user@server ~]$ scp -r -P port folder [email protected]:.(creates new folder if the folder does not exist, again in user's home directory)
3) To copy a file from hostA to hostB, while logged in to hostB:
[user@server ~]$ scp -P port [email protected]:filename .
(copies into current directory on hostB)
[user@server ~]$ scp -r -P port [email protected]:folder .
(copies whole folder into current directory on hostB)
4) To copy a file or folder within a folder from hostA to hostB, while logged in to hostB:
[user@server ~]$ scp -P port [email protected]:/folder/dir/filename .
(copies into current directory on hostB)
[user@server ~]$ scp -r -P port [email protected]:/folder/dir .
(copies whole folder into current directory on hostB)
5) Instead of using the '.' to designate files to be copied to a home directory or the current working directory you can give scp an actual path (assuming you have write permissions):
[user@server ~]$ scp -r -P port folder username@hostA:/home/httpd/
[user@server ~]$ scp -P port [email protected]:/folder/dir/filename /home/tmp/
Does your host impose a resource control over ssh?
Just nice any/all of the above statements with a prefix like
[user@server ~]$ nice -n +19
You can change the number 19 to any value below your hosts resource limit.
