On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:28:26 -0800, smlunatick wrote:

> I need to transfer several folders, sub-folders and files from a failing
> SCO server over to a new Red Hat server. Unfortunately, the DAT 72
> drive does not seem to like the older DAT 2 cartridge so reading off a
> type "seems" to be out. I have tried with ftb but it does not seem to
> create the folders "on the fly" as the files transfer.
>
> What can I look at?

I would use c-kermit to do this. There are binaries and source for both
systems available from The Kermit Project at Columbia University.

http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/

While c-kermit is "free" to download and use I recommend buying the
manual for it as that is how the project supports itself. If you want to
follow-up with folks that know more about c-kermit then subscribe to the
comp.protocols.kermit.misc newsgroup. I have added that group to this
reply.

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On Mar 1, 1:31*pm, ERACC wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:28:26 -0800, smlunatick wrote:
> > I need to transfer several folders, sub-folders and files from a failing
> > SCO server over to a new Red Hat server. *Unfortunately, the DAT 72
> > drive does not seem to like the older DAT 2 cartridge so reading off a
> > type "seems" to be out. *I have tried with ftb but it does not seem to
> > create the folders "on the fly" as the files transfer.
>
> > What can I look at?
>
> I would use c-kermit to do this. There are binaries and source for both
> systems available from The Kermit Project at Columbia University.
>
> http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/
>
> While c-kermit is "free" to download and use I recommend buying the
> manual for it as that is how the project supports itself. If you want to
> follow-up with folks that know more about c-kermit then subscribe to the
> comp.protocols.kermit.misc newsgroup. I have added that group to this
> reply.
>
> Gene (e-mail: gene \a\t eracc \d\o\t com)
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> Mandriva Linux release 2007.1 (Official) for i586
> Got Rute?http://www.anrdoezrs.net/email-25465...sbn=0130333514
> ERA Computers & Consulting -http://www.eracc.com/
> Preloaded PCs - eComStation, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenServer & UnixWare

Tried kermit but will not purchase the manual. This is a "one-shot"
deal so I will not ba using the kermit after this transfer.

Kermit does not do what I am looking for

In comp.protocols.kermit.misc smlunatick wrote:
> Tried kermit but will not purchase the manual. This is a "one-shot"
> deal so I will not ba using the kermit after this transfer.

I used kermit to do full hierarchy copies from one Unix system to another
every night for years. Maybe we misunderstand your need.

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smlunatick writes:

> I need to transfer several folders, sub-folders and files from a
> failing SCO server over to a new Red Hat server. Unfortunately, the
> DAT 72 drive does not seem to like the older DAT 2 cartridge so
> reading off a type "seems" to be out. I have tried with ftb but it
> does not seem to create the folders "on the fly" as the files
> transfer.
>
> What can I look at?


Minor point, there are no "folders" on Linux,
you mean directories.

To accomplish what you want, most people
would create a compressed tar, copy the tar file with FTP,
then uncompress it.

If you want to do this in smaller chunks, look at rsync.

On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:27:40 -0800, smlunatick wrote:

> On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:28:26 -0800, smlunatick wrote:
> > I need to transfer several folders, sub-folders and files from a
> > failing SCO server over to a new Red Hat server. Â*[...]
[...]
> Tried kermit but will not purchase the manual. This is a "one-shot"
> deal so I will not ba using the kermit after this transfer. Kermit does
> not do what I am looking for

The c-kermit *I* use from Columbia University *will* copy entire trees
from one system to another over any data connection I can make between
them. Which one did *you* try? Did you even *try* the c-kermit software
from Columbia University? Get it, load it up, type "help send" and "help
get" then read all the options paying attention to "/RECURSIVE". If that
will not do what you said you want then you misstated what you want.

Gene (e-mail: gene \a\t eracc \d\o\t com)
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On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:28:26 -0800, smlunatick wrote:

> I need to transfer several folders, sub-folders and files from a failing
> SCO server over to a new Red Hat server. Unfortunately, the DAT 72
> drive does not seem to like the older DAT 2 cartridge so reading off a
> type "seems" to be out. I have tried with ftb but it does not seem to
> create the folders "on the fly" as the files transfer.
>
> What can I look at?

You can use rsync which will copy the whole tree,

rsync -r -t -l foo destination:/bar

Or you can tar everything up and then rsync the tar file over to the new
system.

tar -cvf foo.tar foo

Dan Espen :
> smlunatick writes:
>
> > I need to transfer several folders, sub-folders and files from a
> > failing SCO server over to a new Red Hat server. Unfortunately, the
> > DAT 72 drive does not seem to like the older DAT 2 cartridge so
> > reading off a type "seems" to be out. I have tried with ftb but it
> > does not seem to create the folders "on the fly" as the files
> > transfer.
> >
> > What can I look at?
>
> Minor point, there are no "folders" on Linux,
> you mean directories.
>
> To accomplish what you want, most people
> would create a compressed tar, copy the tar file with FTP,
> then uncompress it.

Besides the tarball method there's scp -r somedir somehost:/some/dir
or scp -r somehost:/some/dir somedir

Install private keys on both, and your only problem is which machine
that prompt you're looking at is talking to.


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