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From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
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Subject: Re: best way to copy from one fbsd box to another
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In response to David Banning <david+dated+1154886729.6e1beb@skytracker.ca>:

> 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?

Usually NFS or scp.  There are other choices, though.

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