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--- labs:transfer_files [2016/01/15 21:35] – [Cross-Platform GUIs] admin
+++ labs:transfer_files [2024/05/01 17:13] (current) – [Windows] admin
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 ====== Transferring Files To/From Your Linux Account ======
-===== To W&L Windows Accounts =====
-  * Open a file manager window
+===== To/From Personal Machines =====
-  * From the "File" menu, select "Connect to Server"
-  * Change the Service type to "Windows share"
-  * The server is mfsacad1.wlu.edu
-  * The domain name is ad.wlu.edu
-  * Enter your user name
-  * Click connect and enter your password
-===== To/From Home Machines =====
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 For example
-   scp thisfile username@python.cs.wlu.edu:path/to/destlocation/
+   scp thisfile username@machinename.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]].  I'm not sure if it still works with the latest version of Windows.
+If you installed [[http://cswiki.wlu.edu/dokuwiki/doku.php/labs/remote_access#from_windows|PuTTY]], then, you should also get the ``pscp`` command.  This [[https://comtechies.com/copy-files-between-windows-and-linux.html|tutorial]] explains how to use it.
+You can also use an **FTP** (File Transfer Protocol) tool, such as [[http://www.smartftp.com/|SmartFTP]].
-Connect to ''terras.cs.wlu.edu'' or one of the many lab machines with your username and password for the Linux machines.  You can then use the GUI to transfer your files from your home machine to your Linux account and back.
+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 ====
-  * [[http://fireftp.mozdev.org/|FireFTP]] is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox.
+[[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.
-    * Under "Connection", select "SFTP".   You can then use the GUI to transfer your files from your home machine to your Linux account and back.
-  * [[https://filezilla-project.org/|FileZilla]] is a free, open-source, cross-platform FTP client.
-For both of these applications, connect to the server (terras.cs.wlu.edu) at port number 22, using your username and password for the Linux machines.
 ===== Changing File Formats =====