copy folders network to network

ramesh14 · 04-23-2008, 05:22 AM

hi, how to copy files/folders from one public network say 215.24.211.36 to another network say 178.25.24.12(192.168.1.45 local host).Thank you..

acid_kewpie · 04-23-2008, 05:41 AM

there are thousands of ways to do this, but you've said literally nothing about what these machines are and what protocols you have at your disposal... files aren't on a network, they are on a server... shall we assume you are Linux at both ends with shell accounts? if so for a one off job use scp or maybe NFS.

colucix · 04-23-2008, 05:44 AM

I think the only way is to do a local copy on the machine where you are sit, then transfer files on the other server. I really don't know if you can copy on the fly, unless you have access to one of the two servers.

To recursively copy folders, it depends on the transfer protocol you're allowed on these machines. If using Secure Shell you can simply do

Code:

scp -r user@host:/path/to/directory/to/copy /path/to/local/directory

If using ftp you can try wget like this

Code:

wget -r -nH --ftp-user=username --ftp-password=password ftp://host/path/to/dir/*