[plug] Fastest way to transfer files over Internet.

[Leon Brooks]

On Sat, 10 May 2003 08:24, Scott Middleton wrote:
> Whats the general consensus for Linux users on the fastest way to
> transfer files from one computer to another over the Internet.
> Must be able to do it cold ie no NFS mounts.
> There must be some security but it's not really essential.
> Preferably a 1 liner.

> What i currently use is:
> scp -c blowfish
> If i am transferring text files
> scp -c blowfish -C

    rsync rsync://user@host:oddportnumber/sharename .

Set /etc/rsync.conf up for compression or whatever you want on the 
remote machine, or using command-line options. You can also ssh there 
and rsync the other way.

Cheers; Leon