Re: Reliable file transfer?

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Author: George Toft
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Subject: Re: Reliable file transfer?
I've used scp and cat over ssh with no issues. I even cat over ssh a
40GB drive once. Cat it back to restore the drive.

George Toft, CISSP, MSIS
My IT Department
www.myITaz.com
480-544-1067

Confidential data protection experts for the financial industry.


Victor Odhner wrote:
> Is there a file transfer protocol that will verify
> the data as it comes across, and retry any failed
> blocks? Apparently sftp is not doing this.
>
> I have a 1.5 GB .bz2 file on one computer that I am
> trying to transfer to another nearby, via a local
> router. I don't have DVD drives. (Both boxes have
> USB ports, would that work better?)
>
> In two attempts (30 minutes each), the number of
> bytes received at least has been right. But the
> files arrive broken (according to bunzip2 -t) and
> md5sum has given non-matching results.
>
> The two wrong results have differed from each other,
> so I will try once again . . . Each try takes
> 30+ minutes.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vic
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