How can I transfer files from network

combilli · 02-12-2007, 07:56 PM

I got 2 Linux server. Going to tranfer the home directory from old server to another.

Could anyone tell me how to do that?

wanderingmind · 02-12-2007, 08:12 PM

what have you tried? SSH? NFS?
Are they hooked to the net? What servers? What distro?
Impossible to help unless you specify your problem.

monkster · 02-12-2007, 08:18 PM

You could try a tar pipe. On your old server type:

% (cd /; tar -cvf - home) | (ssh newserver.yournetwork.com 'cd / ; tar -xf -')

Experiment with a test file first to see how this works, and be careful with the minus signs. They are very important. This command takes the output of tar and pipes it through an ssh connection to your new server, where the tar program on the new server extracts the data, making an identical copy of the data from the old server.