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--- labs:transfer_files [2021/06/14 15:58] – [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
-  * 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 Personal 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.
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 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]].
+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.
-Connect to ''fred.cs.wlu.edu'' 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.
+You can also 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 machine accessible from outside the W&L network (fred + .cs.wlu.edu) at port number 22, using your username and password for the Linux machines.  Choose to trust the machine.
+[[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 =====