====== Transferring Files To/From Your Linux Account ======


===== To/From Personal Machines =====



==== Mac/Linux ====

== scp: Secure CoPy ==

If you use Linux or Mac at home, you can **Secure CoPy** or ''scp'' your files to and from the Linux machines.

''scp'' works similar to the [[unix_basics#copy_files_and_directories|cp]] command:

  scp <source> <dest>

where either the source or the destination can be a remote location, in the form ''username@remotehost:path/to/resource/from/username's/home''

For example
   scp thisfile username@python.cs.wlu.edu:path/to/destlocation/

If you want to copy a whole directory, use the ''-r'' option, just as in the [[unix_basics#copy_files_and_directories|cp]] command.

[[http://cswiki.wlu.edu/dokuwiki/doku.php/labs/remote_login#machine_names|Machine Names]]

== sftp: Secure FTP ==

You could also use **Secure FTP** (File Transfer Protocol) to transfer files.


==== Windows ====

You can use an **FTP** (File Transfer Protocol) tool, such as [[http://www.smartftp.com/|SmartFTP]].

Connect to a lab machine with your username and password.  You can then use the GUI to transfer your files from your home machine to the lab machines and back.


==== Cross-Platform GUIs ====

[[https://filezilla-project.org/|FileZilla]] is a free, open-source, cross-platform FTP client.  Connect to a lab machine at port number 22, using your username and password for the Linux machines.  Choose to trust the machine.


===== Changing File Formats =====

On Linux, you can automatically change plain text files formatted for Mac or DOS to Unix using the commands ''dos2unix'' or ''mac2unix''.  Use ''man'' to learn how to use the commands.