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How To Transfer Files To and From Unix

To download files from the WAM or Glue systems to your home system you'll have to first determine what file transfer protocol(s) your communications package on your home system supports. The available method for transferring files is SFTP.

Note: As of August 1, 2005, the WAM and Glue systems do not support insecure FTP.

FTP

To transfer a file using ftp, you simply connect to the remote system via the 'sftp' program, logon to the remote system, then send or fetch the file(s) you wish. Here is an example of a basic 'sftp' session:

        Description                       Example

  ftp  remote-host		  sftp foo-bar.umd.edu
  userid                          joeuser
  password			  joespwd
  cd directory			  cd pub/stuff
  get remote-file local-file	   get  tape.prices  sun.tape-prices
      or
  put local-file remote-fileput    sun.tape-prices  tape.prices
  quit			         quit   (out of sftp)

To do an ftp transfer, you must have an active connection to the internet. There are SFTP clients for Windows (F-Secure) and Mac (Fugu).

You can also type:

  man sftp

on WAM or Glue to get online help.