Re: Copying over network

From: Russell Hanneken (rghanneken_at_pobox.com)
Date: 10/03/03 

Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 05:51:52 GMT

Matt Pearce wrote:
>
> Wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction for how to copy
> files over a network without encrypting them all.
>
> I am currently using scp however that is very slow on my lower end boxes and
> the files I am copying from one FreeBSD to my new FreeBSD server are on an
> internal lan anyway so nothing needs to be secured. I have about 15 gig of
> files and will be here ages waiting for the P3 450 128mb ram to sent these
> :-(
>
> Any pointers would be great as I couldnt find what I was looking for on
> Google.

You could use rcp, which is part of the base system (man rcp). I've
never used it, but I think it's more or less like scp, but without the
encryption. I think scp was created to be a secure replacement for rcp.

You might also consider rsync, which is in the ports collection.
(/usr/ports/net/rsync). As I understand it, rsync figures out the
differences between the source and destination files, and transmits only
the parts that are different.

Hope that helps,

Russell Hanneken
rghanneken@pobox.com
Remove the 'g' from my address to send me mail.

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