Re: copying files from home directory on one machine to directory on another machine

[Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br>]

Alexander Kaphuk wrote:
> G'day,
>
> I'd appreciate somebody pointing me where to look for info on how to 
> copy files from a home directory on one machine to a directory on 
> another machine via network.
>
> I've got about 100GB of data I need to copy from my desktop running 
> ubuntu 9.04 on to a laptop running Debian Squeeze which are both at my home.
>
> I'm not even sure how to word it in just a few words so I can google it.
>
> Thanking you all in advance.
>
>   

rsync can do it, and you can interrupt transfers and continue later if
necessary. It also preserves permissions, ownership, etc.


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Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
eduardo@kalinowski.com.br