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Re: Transfer of files from laptop to desktop



On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 12:37, David Z Maze wrote:
> Trey Sizemore <trey@fastmail.fm> writes:
> 
> > I have a work laptop running Win2000 that has a large number of files I
> > would like to transfer to my home Linux desktop.  What would be the
> > easiest way to do this?
> 
> Install Cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com/), which gives you a familiar
> bash shell under Windows.  If you install enough bits of it (the
> installer sadly isn't APT-based), you can get a normal ssh client.
> Then cd /cygdrive/c/My\ Documents/ or wherever, and scp things to the
> Linux machine to your heart's content.

If all you want to do is copy the files over, that's going to be
overkill. OTOH, if you'd like to have a selection of good *nix utilities
handy while in Windows, Cygwin is a great idea. But if you just want to
copy the files over, just get pscp. (putty scp) Do a google search for
"putty ssh" and hit "I'm feeling lucky". It'll take you straight there.

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