From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 8 06:13:42 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 216B11065673 for ; Wed, 8 Apr 2009 06:13:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1D718FC1C for ; Wed, 8 Apr 2009 06:13:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from sarevok.dnr.servegame.org (gate.lan.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.10]) by mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAE8A7E826; Tue, 7 Apr 2009 22:13:40 -0800 (AKDT) From: Mel Flynn To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 08:13:39 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.0 (FreeBSD/8.0-CURRENT; KDE/4.2.0; i386; ; ) References: <49DBDE27.4010300@ibctech.ca> <49DBE246.2040107@ibctech.ca> In-Reply-To: <49DBE246.2040107@ibctech.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200904080813.39869.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> Cc: Steve Bertrand Subject: Re: Copying files without scp X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:13:42 -0000 On Wednesday 08 April 2009 01:31:18 Steve Bertrand wrote: > 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). ftp/ncftp3: ncftpget -R ftp://servername/path/to/start/ -- Mel