Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi Hans, David and other folks, > > Oeste, Hans P GPEB:EX wrote: > >> You might want to make sure to dave them in a file format that is >> supported >> by Office XP since it doesn't support Open Office, of course. Then >> save it >> to a file share that both can access. >> > There is nothing to do with file format. Files created in OpenOffice > and OfficeXP are interchangeable. I am looking for a way to transfer > files, disregarding their format, between WinXP and "cygwin/LTSP" not > via Samba or another software. Now I make use of Internet for file > transfer (dispatch files as attachment from Kmail and download it with > Outlook Express). I am seeking whether there are other methods making > use of 'cygwin/LTSP server" > > Thanks > > Stephen
Not sure that I understand exactly what your question is. Basically you're interested in transferring the file. The nicest way to be able to do this is have a directory which is always shared, so that you don't have to set anything up, it just appears in the file system. Samba is an open source implementation of Microsoft's SMB file sharing protocol (see www.samba.org) which should be included in your Linux distribution ... So if you can share a directory from the LTSP server then you should be able to access it from Windows. For more info see the how to on the Linux Documentation Project, http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/SMB-HOWTO.html and look at the section "Sharing a linux drive with windows machines" On the other hand you may not have rights to set up such stuff on the LTSP server. Then what you could use is a once-off copy between the machines. For this you could use a huge number of different tools. I would recommend using scp (secure copy) which is available in cygwin from the openssh package or in linux. You can also set it up to automatically authenticate using public keys so you don't have to enter the password each time. Example syntax: (from cygwin) scp [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/officedocument.xls ./mycopy.xls You probably want to set up the sshd server as a service if you want to do it the otherway round (from linux) scp ~/officedocument.xls [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cygdrive/c/temp/mycopy.xls Other tools you could use include ftp etc In any case the cygwin-xfree list isn't raelly the place for this question, maybe the standard cygwin list if this doesn't solve the problem. > > >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Stephen Liu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, >> September 16, 2002 9:30 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Files transfer question >> >> >> Hi All Folks, >> >> I have "cygwin" running on WinXP which is connected to LTSP server. >> How can I transfer files between them. To make it more specific :- >> If I have a document created on OpenOffice how can I transfer it to >> WinXP Office. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Stephen Liu >> >> > > >
