[aklug] Re: Nerdy cross-machine file transfer methods.

once upon a time I did everything via expect.... expect actually comes with
most of what you want to do via zmodem already built.
nowadays its rsync rsync rsync - lol

Shane Spencer wrote:
> I'd love to start a method on nerdy terminal based file transfer
> methods. I have two to get started.
>
> First is base64, tar, and a copy/paste buffer like seen in X11 or screen.
>
> Source Machine (run command then copy output of base64 to a clipboard
> of some sort):
>
> --------
> spencersr@undertow:~$ sudo tar cj /etc/default/ | base64
> tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
> QlpoOTFBWSZTWSknZqgAIBN////wBEZe////v///+v////XIQEgAoIAGQAohiAhCEcAYYC77vvN9
> ny+9wfEULXuSkvLKCiFJFUQ8EAPXe5W7MdaD03vQwUCogoV0N2u++9XWRVAV7GocAD03VfdztvO2
> ...
> 65aMVmqLTbJz8wRFfdD4QqTln1H5vbAKog9zBLfhf9RZUJVxerAYyyn6X4gFEUy6gEv+LuSKcKEg
> Uk7NUA==
> --------
>
> Destination Machine (run command then paste into the terminal, finish
> with ctrl-d):
>
> --------
> spencersr@lateralus:/tmp$ base64 -d | sudo tar xfvj - -C /tmp/
> QlpoOTFBWSZTWSknZqgAIBN////wBEZe////v///+v////XIQEgAoIAGQAohiAhCEcAYYC77vvN9
> ny+9wfEULXuSkvLKCiFJFUQ8EAPXe5W7MdaD03vQwUCogoV0N2u++9XWRVAV7GocAD03VfdztvO2
> ...
> 65aMVmqLTbJz8wRFfdD4QqTln1H5vbAKog9zBLfhf9RZUJVxerAYyyn6X4gFEUy6gEv+LuSKcKEg
> Uk7NUA==
> etc/default/
> etc/default/console-setup
> ...
> etc/default/openvpn
> etc/default/ebtables
> --------
>
> Second is using screen and z-modem.
>
> Start up screen on the local machine after making sure the lrzsz
> package is installed on both machines. Once screen is started press
> 'ctrl-a' then ':' and type 'zmodem catch' to enable automatic zmodem
> transfer detection.
>
> Then secure shell to another box and run 'sz' on a file you want
> transfered, the output should look a little like this:
>
> --------
> spencersr@undertow:~$ sz googleearth_5.0.11733.9347+0.5.4.1-1_amd64.deb
> rz
> :!!! rz -vv -b -E
> Receiving: googleearth_5.0.11733.9347+0.5.4.1-1_amd64.deb.0
> Bytes received: 25913236/25913236 BPS:8793256
>
> Transfer complete
> --------
>
> I wanna know what the rest of you do. I often operate this way when I
> need to do a root to root transfer when the root user is not
> accessible via SSH due to security limits but I can get a root shell
> on both machines.
>
> - Shane
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Received on Tue Dec 1 12:16:38 2009