Transfer files between two computers

Linux-Linux

netcat + tar (fast but less secure)

To send a directory, cd to inside the directory whose contents you want to send on the computer doing the sending and do:

$ tar -cz . | nc -q 10 -l -p 45454

On the computer receiving the contents, cd to where you want the contents to appear and do:

$ nc -w 10 $REMOTE_HOST 45454 | tar -xz

Replace $REMOTE_HOST with ip / hostname of computer doing the sending. You can also use a different port instead of 45454.

Copying Files with SCP

cmd:

$ scp <file> <username>@<IP address or hostname>:<Destination>
$ scp -r (recursive) username@server:(remote location) (local location)
$ scp -r (local location) username@server:(remote location)

Using sshfs

on client, install

sudo apt-get install sshfs

Mounting the Remote File System

format: sshfs -o transform_symlinks -ofollow_symlinks user@hostname: [dir]mountpoint. e.g. :

sshfs –o cache=yes,allow_other user@192.168.1.200:/home/user/code home/user/code

for detail, ref man sshfs

unmount

sudo umount mountpoint

is your want many user to visit your shared folder, you may use NFS. Ref this for detail.

Windows-Linux

samba server

samba is very convenient tool for sharing files between win-Linux, just like NFS.

How to set up

refer this tutorial

basically,

sudo apt update
sudo apt install samba

mkdir /home/<username>/sambashare/

sudo vim /etc/samba/smb.conf

add follow in smb.conf

[sambashare]   # the name show on remote
    comment = Samba on Ubuntu
    path = /home/username/sambashare
    read only = no
    browsable = yes

restart samba

sudo service smbd restart

add user to samba and set passward, Username used must belong to a system account, else it won’t save.

sudo smbpasswd -a username

On Windows, open up File Manager and edit the file path to:

\\ip-address\sambashare