Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:31:18 -0400 From: Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca> To: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Questions -" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Copying files without scp Message-ID: <49DBE246.2040107@ibctech.ca> In-Reply-To: <D8E2A2B7-F7F4-4DF2-8B26-F2513751E958@lafn.org> References: <49DBDE27.4010300@ibctech.ca> <D8E2A2B7-F7F4-4DF2-8B26-F2513751E958@lafn.org>
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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). Steve
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