Linux/Unix - Windows and UNIX

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Windows and UNIX

Fugaz13

2004-08-12, 4:27 pm

Question:

UNIX server where .zip files are stored centrally.

I'm trying to restore these files into a software from a windows PC.

Does anyone know what client utility I will need to allow my to browse to the location on the UNIX server and then pull the .zip files across the network?

Also, will the files be recognized? Will the files need to be converted from ASCII?

any help would be great.

Thanks,

smrkdown

2004-08-12, 4:53 pm

You could just start an FTP daemon to transfer the files. You could also run samba and share the directory, but that'd be more work than it'd be worth. Also, if the server is running a ssh daemon, you can see if it accepts sftp connections and connect to it with an sftp client such as the one provided by the makers of putty. Compressed files are binary files, so you'd transfer them in binary format.

sacredcowpaddy

2004-08-15, 6:19 am

quote:
Originally posted by Fugaz13
Question:

UNIX server where .zip files are stored centrally.

I'm trying to restore these files into a software from a windows PC.

Does anyone know what client utility I will need to allow my to browse to the location on the UNIX server and then pull the .zip files across the network?

Also, will the files be recognized? Will the files need to be converted from ASCII?

any help would be great.

Thanks,

If you have an ftp daemon running on your UNIX server, you can download them via ftp, which would be the simplest method. Just type in the command ftp <hostname> and you will be required to log into the server, either anonymously or with your own account. If you are downloading binaries, type 'bin' to set the transfer method to binary. If you are downloading text files type 'ascii' to select the ascii mode to have the file formats transmitted correctly.

You can slo do this with openssh. There is a free client for Windows available on the Putty download page.

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