• 30p87@feddit.de
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      5 days ago

      Nah, it’s probably more efficient to .tar.xz it and use netcat.

      On a more serious note, I use sftp for everything, and git for actual big (but still personal) projects, but then move files and execute scripts manually.

      And also, I cloned my old Laptops /dev/sda3 to my new Laptops /dev/main/root (on /dev/mapper/cryptlvm) via netcat over a Gigabit connection with netcat. It worked flawlessly. I love Linux and its Philosophy.

      • OpenStars@discuss.online
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        5 days ago

        Ooh I’ve never heard of it. netcat I mean, cause I’ve heard of Linux 😆.

        The File Transfer Protocol is just very antiquated, while scp is simple. Possibly netcat is too:-).

        • 30p87@feddit.de
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          5 days ago

          Netcat is basically just a utility to listen on a socket, or connect to one, and send or receive arbitrary data. And as, in Linux, everything is a file, which means you can handle every part of your system (eg. block devices [physical or virtual disks]) like a normal file, i.e. text, you can just transfer a block device (e.g. /dev/sda3) over raw sockets.