On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 18:17, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > Hi, > > I have two machines connected to the internet using DSL. What I would > like to do is backup one machine to the other. The files are compressed > and encrypted and then transferred usinc SCP. Atleast, thats what its > supposed to do. It does the first two steps fine but the transfer is > regularly unsuccessful - it aborts with "connection lost" or similart > (cant remember exact error message). The procedure is run from cron. > > Any ideas on a reliable way to transfer 1 or 2 gb of data over dsl ?
apt-get install rsync If that doesn't work, then you need to look into actual hardware or service problems. (e.g. your ISP blocking certain types of transfers) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837
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