Copying your data to and from Viking

Copying your data to and from Viking

There are different ways to copy your data/programs and files to Viking dependent on which operating system you use on your local machine.

Copying Files To/From a Windows Desktop

WinSCP is an open source free SFTP client, SCP client, FTPS client and FTP client for Windows. Its main function is file transfer between a local and a remote computer. WinSCP is available on IT Services supported desktops or can be downloaded from http://winscp.net/eng/index.php.

Running WinSCP

Copying Files To/From a Linux/MacOS desktop

There are a number of ways to copying files and directories using Linux command line.

you can copy your data from any Linux device to Viking using the following commands 

  • scp

  • rsync

Here are a couple of examples.  

RSYNC

See VK7) Copying and moving your data to / from Viking. for more information.