Thursday, 23 July 2015

Sending/copying/transferring files from one server to other server in Unix

to send files from /home/user1/temp/  of server1 to /home/user2/backup/ of server2

Method1: Using scp command
syntax: scp <file_name> <userid_of_target_server>@<hostname_of_target_server>:<location>

$cd /home/user1/temp/
$scp * oracle@server1:/home/user2/backup


Method2:using sftp command:

$ pwd
home/user1/temp/
$ sftp NJVQA198.autopal.visteon.com
           username:XXXXXX
  password:******
$ sftp> cd home/user2/backup/
      > mput *



Method3:using ftp command
$ pwd
home/user1/temp/
$ ftp NJVQA198.autopal.visteon.com
  username:XXXXXX
  password:******
  ftp> cd home/user2/backup/
     > mput *

Note:
1. pwd command shows the current directory which we are in.
2. mput used to copy multiple files.. for single file use "put" command 

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