Moving files remotely w/o keeping ssh window open

netweblogic · 04-20-2009, 07:06 AM

Hi,

I'd like to move a file from one remote server to another. Exact method isn't really an issue as long as it's secure.

I have done scp ... for smaller files, but I have one huge file of over 30Gb that I want to leave transferring and be able to close my terminal windows, but be able to log in and check once in a while to see how it's progressing.

Can anyone inform me of the best way to do this?

Thanks

colucix · 04-20-2009, 07:27 AM

You can try screen. You can run scp in a screen session, then detach from the terminal using Ctrl-A + d and reattach to the session using screen -r session_id. An example:

Code:

$ screen
<now you are in a screen session>
$ scp user@host:file .
<now type Ctrl-A then D>
<you return to your shell session>
$ screen -ls
There is a screen on:
        7871.pts-2.hostname      (Detached)
1 Socket in /var/run/screen/S-colucix.
$ screen -r 7871.pts-2.hostname
<you return to the screen session and see the progress of the scp command>

You can even close your terminal, logout, go home and reattach to the screen session remotely!

b0uncer · 04-20-2009, 07:28 AM

Edit: sorry, I was too late. Tried to post about GNU Screen, but there it went already..

netweblogic · 04-21-2009, 04:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by colucix

You can try screen. You can run scp in a screen session, then detach from the terminal using Ctrl-A + d and reattach to the session using screen -r session_id. An example:

Code:

$ screen
<now you are in a screen session>
$ scp user@host:file .
<now type Ctrl-A then D>
<you return to your shell session>
$ screen -ls
There is a screen on:
        7871.pts-2.hostname      (Detached)
1 Socket in /var/run/screen/S-colucix.
$ screen -r 7871.pts-2.hostname
<you return to the screen session and see the progress of the scp command>

You can even close your terminal, logout, go home and reattach to the screen session remotely!

Thanks a lot. This did the trick perfectly!