Exactly why I'm on Sinna's case about this. He's clouded and confused things. Luke Davis writes: > Um, if you have FTP access on both, why would you need that tool? Why not > just telnet to Shellworld, from there FTP to your web server (sftp or scp > or rsync would be better), and transfer the files directly? > > On Sun, 26 Sep > 2004, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > >hmm, > >Let me be sure I follow you. > >This is a program that runs in windows, that would let me move the > >contents of my shellworld workspace, <i have ftp here too of course> to > >say the storage on my website<where I also have ftp,> and that is not > >located on shellworld? > >if all this is true, where can i find this tool? > >Karen > > > >On Sun, 26 Sep 2004, Sina Bahram wrote: > > > >>If I may humbly suggest? > >> > >>Fxp, or flash xp as I think it is...is a windows tool that allows someone > >>to > >>connect to one ftp, then connect to the other ftp...and then say, FTP A, > >>copy stuff to FTP B....then all you have to do is sit back and let the > >>data > >>packets flow...it doesn't go through your system at all: so you could > >>transfer information at any speed, only limited by the two ftp servers, > >>not > >>by your own connection. > >> > >>*shrug* is there a linux equivalent to this tool/protocall? > >> > >>Take care, > >>Sina > >> > >>No trees were destroyed in sending this message; however, a large number > >>of > >>electrons were terribly inconvenienced. > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca > >>[mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > >>On Behalf Of Chuck Hallenbeck > >>Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 8:51 PM > >>To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > >>Subject: Re: Linux and data storage? > >> > >>Karen, > >> > >>You have two bottlenecks, seems to me. One is your connection speed, the > >>other is nettamer. You can use "tar" on your ISP's system to aggregate > >>those > >>precious files into one archive, assuming you have the space, and then > >>move > >>that archive somewhere. Nettamer could retrieve it with its ftp facility, > >>but it might take forever over a dialup link. > >> > >>If you had a linux desktop, you could use an ftp client on your desktop, > >>call it "system A", to move files from "system B" to "system C", assuming > >>you had the necessary access permissions and such. > >> > >>Also, you could email stuff to yourself with attachments, although > >>nettamer > >>is a little weird about attachments, and then you have filesize limits. > >> > >>Finally, if you had a Linux desktop and a high speed connection you would > >>be > >>home free. Just grab all those files quickly with an FTP client, move > >>them > >>to your desktop, and burn them to a CD if you need to. > >> > >>My Linux system uses two 40 GB disks, one of which is used extensively to > >>backup stuff on the other. Not exactly a raid system, but heavily > >>redundant. > >>I do use CD backups too once in a blue moon. > >> > >>Your DOS desktop has limited HD storage. A Linux desktop would not. I > >>have a > >>DOS partition of 500 MB on each of my two 40 GB hard discs, just in case, > >>but have not booted into DOS in several years. For my own situation, I > >>cannot imagine ever being able (psychologically) to return to DOS and > >>Nettamer. > >> > >>Chuck > >> > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Speakup mailing list > >>Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >> > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040
