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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