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What is your favourite way to transfer files in your homelab? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 14 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello selfhosted! Sometimes I have to transfer big files or a large amounts of small files in my homelab. I used rsync but specifying the IP address and the folders and everything is bit fiddly. I thought about writing a bash script but before I do that I wanted to ask you about your favourite way to achieve this. Maybe I am missing out on an awesome tool I wasn't even thinking about.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

rsync is indeed fiddly. Consider SFTP in your GUI of choice. I mount the folder I need in my file browser and grab the files I need. No terminal needed and I can put the folders as favorites in the side bar.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

If you want to use the terminal though, there is scp which is supported on both windows and Linux.

Its just scp [file to copy] [username]@[server IP]:[remote location]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

That's essentially the same as rsync