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.
I suggest setting up rsyncd on the source machine and use rsync on the destination system. A second backup then becomes much simpler. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
