On 27/01/2013 15:55, lux-integ wrote:
> Greetings
>
> I need to transfer  a few tBytes of data between two machines.  Both have
> vsftpd installed.  I assumed that both had an ftp client as ftp was
> part of one of the core programs of  LFS/CLFS.  Having set-up  vsftpd (server)
> on the source-machine,  on the destination-machine
> at shell prompt I  typed :-
>
> ftp  [email protected]
>
> only to find I have no 'ftp (i.e. client) executible'.
>
> I have sftp but  since it is only data between two neighbouring machines I
> thought  a simple even if  insucure
> method would suffice.  Advice and suggestions  on available ftp clients would
> be much appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks in advance
> luxInteg
ftp (the client) is installed by ineutils in LFS (do not know whether 
CLFS has it).
It is in /usr/bin.
I checked on my installation of LFS/BLFS: it is there.

Pierre
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