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File transfer

Goal of this exercise is:

  • to practice using HackMD
  • getting to know your prior knowledge

Below are three tallies, such as this example:

What is X?

- [ ] A
- [ ] B

Pick one character for you, e.g. * or R or ? or whatever (duplicates are fine!). Between the [ ] you agree on, write that character. In the end this may look like:

What is X?

- [s#k%vq*#6] A
- [q.vR] B

Now we know 9 people think A is the answer, where 4 people think it is B.

1. My favorite way to transfer files to/from Bianca now is using:

  • [xjsr] FileZilla
  • [ ] fuse-sshfs and mounting the wharf
  • [ ] lftp
  • [Z] rsync
  • [ ] scp
  • [sl] sftp
  • [ ] sshfs and mounting the wharf
  • [ ] Rclone
  • [ ] WinSCP
  • [ ] other

2. About rsync:

  • [ r] I have never followed a lecture on rsync, I don't know what it is
  • [sL] I have never heard a lecture on rsync, but I've never gotten it to work
  • [j] I have never heard a lecture on rsync, I have gotten it to work, but don't use it in practice
  • [Z] I have never heard a lecture on rsync, I have gotten it to work, and use it
  • [x] I have heard a lecture on rsync, but I've never gotten it to work
  • [] I have heard a lecture on rsync, I have gotten it to work, but don't use it in practice
  • [ ] I have heard a lecture on rsync, I have gotten it to work, and use it

3. About FileZilla:

  • [ ] I have never followed a lecture on FileZilla, I don't know what it is
  • [ ] I have never heard a lecture on FileZilla, but I've never gotten it to work
  • [] I have never heard a lecture on FileZilla, I have gotten it to work, but don't use it in practice
  • [slj] I have never heard a lecture on FileZilla, I have gotten it to work, and use it
  • [r] I have heard a lecture on FileZilla, but I've never gotten it to work
  • [ ] I have heard a lecture on FileZilla, I have gotten it to work, but don't use it in practice
  • [] I have heard a lecture on FileZilla, I have gotten it to work, and use it

Evaluation

If you leave early, an evaluation can be found at https://forms.gle/TpYYr6EhdgUQdPwn7. Please share your thoughts with us there, thanks!

IDE pick

We pick the winning IDE democratically:

In the shared document, add a character before each IDE you'd be interested in, between the [ ] of each option. This will be messy. You can vote for 0, 1, 2 or 3 IDEs.

It may look like below, where there is a preference for Jupyter:

- [,a/b*efgh!] Jupyter
- [a/d,h] RStudio
- [cd!h]VSCodium

Here it is for real:

  • [ ] Jupyter
  • [ ls] RStudio <------- WINNERR
  • [ a] VSCodium

Questions on file transfer

  • Q: [Sakshi] I use FileZilla to transfer between local machine and a remote one. Can Filezilla be used to transfer between two remote servers?

    • A: [Richel] No, as far as I know, one cannot. I learned this from https://superuser.com/a/1258576 , I quote: 'FileZilla does not allow any kind of transfer between two remote systems using any protocol'. I feel this is correct, but I can be wrong!

  • Q: [Sakshi] From Bianca wharf rsync/sftp can only transfer between two remote servers if they are part of UPPMAX. Is that correct?

  • A: [Richel] (sorry for mixing you up :-) ) You may be right: I think one can rsync directly between Rackham and Bianca (but I can be wrong!). It is for sure the purpose of Transit to connect any two NAISS clusters, so mounting two 'wharfs' can/should be done there. How to mount a second NAISS cluster, I am unsure: I've never done that