On 01/27/2013 01:41 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> 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
>
Since ssh is installed, one can use rsync without the need for rsyncd, just
rsync -var <from path> <remote>:to_path
rsync will then use ssh for the connection

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