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Date:      Wed, 08 Mar 2006 08:49:30 -0800
From:      Micah <micahjon@ywave.com>
To:        Dave <dmehler26@woh.rr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sending large amount of data securely
Message-ID:  <440F0B1A.9080007@ywave.com>
In-Reply-To: <010e01c642cb$0701ca70$0200a8c0@satellite>
References:  <010e01c642cb$0701ca70$0200a8c0@satellite>

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Dave wrote:
> Hello,
>    I've got two freebsd6 boxes on one i have a large collection of 
> files, like about 3.5 gb worth, that i want to send securely to the 
> other box. I've tried:
> 
> scp -24Cpr
> 
> to do it, it transfered 1gb of data then quit. I'm suspecting it didn't 
> get the sym links if any in this data. Any suggestions appreciated.
> Thanks.
> Dave.
> 

Some options are to tar then scp, or to use rsync+ssh.  I've transfered 
6gb tar backups via scp in the past with no problems.

HTH,
Micah



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