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| habrok:data_management:transferring_data [2025/05/26 13:37] – bob | habrok:data_management:transferring_data [2026/05/18 12:43] (current) – [Alternative applications] minor clarification pedro |
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| There are also alternative file transfer clients available like: | There are also alternative file transfer clients available like: |
| * [[https://filezilla-project.org/|Filezilla]]: Windows, OS X, Linux (See the page on [[habrok/data_management/clients/filezilla|FileZilla]] for more information on how to use it). | * [[https://filezilla-project.org/|Filezilla]]: Windows, OS X, Linux (See the page on [[habrok/data_management/clients/filezilla|FileZilla]] for more information on how to use it on Hábrók). |
| * [[https://winscp.net|WinSCP]]: Windows | * [[https://winscp.net|WinSCP]]: Windows |
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| * ''-v'' Verbose. This will show information about the files that are being copied. | * ''-v'' Verbose. This will show information about the files that are being copied. |
| * ''-p'' Shows a progress indicator. | * ''-p'' Shows a progress indicator. |
| * ''--delete'' Delete files from the receiving end, which are missing at the sending side. | * ''%%--%%delete'' Delete files from the receiving end, which are missing at the sending side. |
| * ''--append'' Append data onto shorter files on the receiving end. The ''--append-verify'' option will check the contents of the file first. These options are useful for resuming transfer of large files after a connection failure. | * ''%%--%%append'' Append data onto shorter files on the receiving end. The ''%%--%%append-verify'' option will check the contents of the file first. These options are useful for resuming transfer of large files after a connection failure. |
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| Source and destination can be given in the same way as for ''scp''. Here is an example of transferring a directory from Hábrók to our local system: | Source and destination can be given in the same way as for ''scp''. Here is an example of transferring a directory from Hábrók to our local system: |
| At the end of the output you can see a summary of how much data was transferred and the average speed. | At the end of the output you can see a summary of how much data was transferred and the average speed. |
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| **CAVEAT behaviour of rsync changes with final ''/'' at the source location. ** | <WRAP center round important> |
| The behavour of ''rsync'' changes when a ''/'' is appended at the end of the source location. The man page explains this as follows: | The behavior of ''rsync'' changes with final ''/'' at the source location. |
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| | The man page explains this as follows: |
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| <code> | <code> |
| A trailing slash on the source changes this behavior to avoid creating | A trailing slash on the source changes this behavior to avoid creating |