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FTP-like module for OS


phpknight

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Hi,

 

I have a server but am not too good with the OS side of it.  Is there a good, secure, and hopefully free(!) utility that I can use to that would do the same thing as an FTP program but securely transfer files so I can store certain backups on other computers?  The server does daily backups, but I still do not trust it, lol.

 

 

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You can't simply by using putty. But you can with pscp (on the same page as putty).

 

Once you got pscp downloaded and placed in your system path, you need to go to run in your start menu and run cmd. This will open a terminal in windows. An example command to move all files from your home directory on linux to your local machine would be...

 

pscp remotemachine.com:* .

 

Take a look at the man page for scp next time your on your Linux machine for more instructions.

 

Can I ask why you need to download these files to your local machine? its usually better not to mix files between win and linux for lots of different reasons. You are aware you can edit files in Linux via the command line? vim is a great term text editor once you get used to it.

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Thorpe,

 

Thanks.  Yeah, I just want backups of certain things on my local machine in case something happens with the server.  You can never be too safe.  The server has a backup hard drive, but I am not sure I trust that.  Let me know if you think I am going about this in the wrong way.

 

I use GVim on windows, but I generally do not program directly on the linux box.  I just open the file from ftp and overwrite it when I am done because it is much faster for me that way.

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