Re: [PLUG] large file transfer

[Jason <jcostom@gmail.com>]

On 1/25/07, Michael Bevilacqua <michael@bevilacqua.us> wrote:
> On 1/25/07, gyoza@comcast.net <gyoza@comcast.net> wrote:
> > Is there something better than FTP for "civilians" to transfer up to
> > gigabytes of files?  This would be used for business to business
> > transfers of image files.
>
> rsync(1) and lock down the ports with IPTables? There is WinRsync (
> http://winrsync.sunsite.dk/#download) if you need something
> 'user friendly'.

I'll throw my $0.02, adjusted for inflation behind rsync as well..

Just the other day I used rsync -avz /path/to/files
root@otherbox:/other/path to move about 7gb of files.
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