Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 08:13:39 +0200 From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca> Subject: Re: Copying files without scp Message-ID: <200904080813.39869.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <49DBE246.2040107@ibctech.ca> References: <49DBDE27.4010300@ibctech.ca> <D8E2A2B7-F7F4-4DF2-8B26-F2513751E958@lafn.org> <49DBE246.2040107@ibctech.ca>
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On Wednesday 08 April 2009 01:31:18 Steve Bertrand wrote: > Doug Hardie wrote: > > On Apr 7, 2009, at 16:13, Steve Bertrand wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> To copy data from one server, I normally (always) use scp. > >> > >> I'm looking for a method to perform this copy task without the overhead > >> of encryption for infrequent, high-volume transfers (hundreds to > >> thousands of GB). > >> > >> The data will be transferred server-to-server within a private > >> datacentre. > >> > >> Can someone recommend a *known good* production quality copy mechanism > >> that will act like scp, but without the overhead? rsh? nc? > > > > In that environment you can use ftp just fine. Make sure to restrict it > > to the local IP addresses. > > Thanks, but I've never found a way to copy complete directories with FTP. > > I'll need to copy entire multi-nested directory structures. > > Do you have an example how to do this via FTP? (CLI-only). ftp/ncftp3: ncftpget -R ftp://servername/path/to/start/ -- Mel
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