man scp On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 07:24:31PM +0100, Craig Genner wrote: > Get ssh working on the computers and connect and make sure that you have a > network working between them (try ping or similar). > > Then use: > tar cvf - <directory/file> | gzip -9 | ssh <ip_address/name> tar -zxf - > > on the computer with the directory/file. > > What this does is to tar the directory/file, pipe it to gzip for compression > and then pipe it using ssh to the other computer where it is uncompressed to > its original state. > > Good luck. > > Craig > > On Monday 19 May 2003 6:13 pm, Fluberman wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've got two notebooks, both are running Debian, and I want to transfer > > files from one computer to the other. The files are big, but I don't want > > to burn it first to CD. > > Is it possible to transfer the files, probably via a (direct) network > > connection? > > Do I have to activate the server daemon on the one of the computers? > > How should I do that? > > > > > > THanks. > > > > > > -- > > This email was written using KMail 3.1.1 on Debian GNU/Linux > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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