From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 2 18:19:05 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54D0716A4DD for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 18:19:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC41143D45 for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 18:19:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1G8LJ9-00047L-1p for questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:19:03 +0100 Received: from esperance.zetnet.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.13.6/8.13.6/Debian-1) with SMTP id k72IJ2NR010313 for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 19:19:03 +0100 Received: (qmail 22870 invoked by uid 1001); 2 Aug 2006 18:18:57 -0000 From: "Frank Shute" Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 19:18:57 +0100 To: David Banning Message-ID: <20060802181857.GA22844@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <20060801175209.GA24100@skytracker.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060801175209.GA24100@skytracker.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p3 i386 X-Organisation: 'Esperance Linux' Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: best way to copy from one fbsd box to another X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 18:19:05 -0000 On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 01:52:09PM -0400, David Banning wrote: > > I am installing a new server and have to copy many files from old server > to new. I have connected a windows box to each via samba, and am dragging > from one to the other via the windows box. > > This might seem like a silly question, but what is the way to copy > -directly- from one fbsd box to another? I use a combination of scp and rsync. scp for odd files and rsync for directories. -- Frank echo "f r a n k @ e s p e r a n c e - l i n u x . c o . u k" | sed 's/ //g' --->PGP keyID: 0x10BD6F4B<---