Here's the deal. Dad has two boxes. His computer, a WinME box, and Mom's new computer, which is running Debian Sarge. She's learning how to use a computer for the very first time, and learning Linux from day one. Kinda cool. :)
He wants to back up about 10 MB of stuff to her computer periodically.
The trouble is Samba. I started setting that up, and it didn't take long before I got sick to my stomach. I know it can be done because I've done it before, but it just sucks. Everything about networking with Windows is retarded.
Basically anything I could run on Cygwin and then wrap up in such a fashion that Dad can click on and icon and have the process happen by magic. Better still if I can get Cygwin to mail me (locally, or via SMTP) to let me know how it's going.
OK: user-initiated transfer of files from (A) a WinME machine to (B) a Debian Sarge machine.
Assuming they are both on the same local network, you don't have to worry about saving bandwidth. And 10MB is not much. So unless you know of a standard free rsync for Windows, just use the PuTTY package. Don't bother with cygwin.
1. Install ssh daemon on (B).
2 Install PuTTY on (A).
3. Choose (3a) or (3b).
3a. Put .bat script on (A) to zip files, prompt for password, and transfer files with command-line scp from PuTTY.
3b. Generate SSH keys. Put .bat script on (A) to zip files, and transfer files with command-line scp from PuTTY.
4. Make shortcut on (A) to .bat script.
Bam!
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