A major use for networking computers is resource sharing. Files are a common shared resource. There are different methods for transferring files between systems, ranging from a USB stick and sneakernet to network links such as NFS and Samba. These recipes describe how to transfer files using the common protocols FTP, SFTP, RSYNC, and SCP.
Transferring files through the network
Getting ready
The commands for performing file transfer over the network are mostly available by default with Linux installation. Files can be transferred via FTP using the traditional ftp command or the newer lftp, or via an SSH connection using scp or sftp. Files can be synchronized across systems with the rsync command.
