On November 15, 2001 02:02 pm, you wrote:
On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Dennis J. Tuchler wrote:
Is there an application for Linux that manages the transfer of files from one computer to another by way of the serial or parallel ports?
Not in a single program. The two systems first need to be able to communicate via TCP/IP. Nowadays you can use almost all available connections to connect two Linux boxes (parallel, serial, USB, even SCSI!). So, setting up the initial communication link is the most crucial part but this is described in multiple HOWTOs (e.g. the PLIP-HOWTO for a parallel port connection). Some applications or tools for actually transferring the files via a TCP/IP connection are e.g.:
o unison (my favourite for bidirectional syncing directories) o rsync o scp (secure copy, part of SSH) o ftp/http
I definitely have to add FiSH as a really cool file transfer method. Available in KDE through kio_fish, and is native to mc. It uses SSH for the transport. -- James Oakley Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd. joakley@solutioninc.com http://www.solutioninc.com