Re: copying a 12GB file

[Tom <tom.salmon@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:20:25 +0100, . wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> how can I copy a 12GB file at reasonable speed over a 1000Mbit ethernet 
> connection from one computer (mailserver) to another (SAMBA file server 
> or my workstation) without going to lengths like installing an FTP 
> server or the like on the mailserver?
> 
> File size limit is 2GB with smbmount; NFS will take about 14 hours(!) 
> because copying fails after about 1--2 GB with an I/O error unless using 
> sync mode.
> 
> This sucks ...
> 
> 
> GH

Have you tried using 'scp' (secure copy) which is part of OpenSSH?

Something like:
scp filename uid@server:path/


Tom.