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Subject: Re: Copying files without scp
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Doug Hardie wrote:
> 
> On Apr 7, 2009, at 16:13, Steve Bertrand wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>>
>> To copy data from one server, I normally (always) use scp.
>>
>> I'm looking for a method to perform this copy task without the overhead
>> of encryption for infrequent, high-volume transfers (hundreds to
>> thousands of GB).
>>
>> The data will be transferred server-to-server within a private
>> datacentre.
>>
>> Can someone recommend a *known good* production quality copy mechanism
>> that will act like scp, but without the overhead? rsh? nc?
> 
> In that environment you can use ftp just fine.  Make sure to restrict it
> to the local IP addresses.

Thanks, but I've never found a way to copy complete directories with FTP.

I'll need to copy entire multi-nested directory structures.

Do you have an example how to do this via FTP? (CLI-only).

Steve