[brlug-general] Windows to Linux via SSH (recommendations for SSH clients that can handle some heavy lifting)

[Petri Laihonen]

I think your best bet would be WinSCP
http://winscp.net/eng/index.php

And set it to do some retries if there are problems with connectivity.

Petri


-k. wrote:
> I need to transfer around 70,000 files (about 120 gigs) from an old Windows 2000 machine to a
> Linux box someplace out on the internet. When in the Windows world i usually use SSH
> Communications Security's SSH Tectia Client, it works really well, but i'm afraid it may balk at
> the number of files/data and i won't be in a place where i can keep an eye on the 2000 machine the
> whole time.
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> Does anyone know of a reliable Windows SSH client that can do this sort of thing easily? This is
> a one off gig so i don't want to spend too much time setting up/ learning a new piece of software.
> Assume setting up Cygwin (or whatever) and taking the drive out are not options. 
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> -k.
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