File transfer using a graphical tool

Learning outcomes

• Practice using the UPPMAX documentation
• Can transfer files using a graphical tool

For teachers

Teaching goals are:

• Learners have practiced using the UPPMAX documentation
• Learners have transferred files using a graphical tool

Lesson plan:

gantt
  title File transfer using FileZilla
  dateFormat X
  axisFormat %s
  section First hour
  Prior : prior, 0, 5s
  Present: present, after prior, 2s
  %% It took me 7 mins, here I do that time x2
  Challenge: crit, challenge, after present, 14s
  Feedback: feedback, after challenge, 7s

Prior questions:

• What is a file tranfer?
• How can one do a file transfer?
• Can you name some programs that can do file transfer?
• Who has heard of FileZilla?
• Who has already used FileZilla?

FileZilla being able to do file transfer to/from Pelle

Why?

Fairly sure you'll want to upload or download files to Pelle. Here we do so.

Exercises

Need a video?

Tool	YouTube video
FileZilla	File transfer to/from Pelle using FileZilla
WinSCP	None available
scp	Data transfer to/from Pelle using SCP

Exercise 1: which tool?

Take a look at this decision tree:

flowchart TD

  can_use_filezilla[Can you use FileZilla?]
  can_install_filezilla[Can you install FileZilla?]
  have_windows[Do you have Windows?]
  can_use_winscp[Can you use WinSCP?]
  can_install_winscp[Can you install WinSCP?]

  can_use_filezilla --> |No| can_install_filezilla
  can_install_filezilla --> |No| have_windows
  have_windows --> |No| scp
  can_use_winscp --> |No| can_install_winscp
  can_install_winscp --> |No| scp

  can_use_filezilla --> |Yes| filezilla
  can_install_filezilla --> |Yes| filezilla
  have_windows --> |Yes| can_use_winscp
  can_use_winscp --> |Yes| winscp
  can_install_winscp --> |Yes| winscp


  subgraph graphical_tools[Graphical tools]
  filezilla[Use FileZilla]
  winscp[Use WinSCP]
  end

  subgraph command_line_tools[Command-line tools]
  scp[Use scp]
  end

Here is the same information in a table:

Tool	Homepage	Operating systems(s)	Interface	Description
FileZilla	Homepage	Linux, Mac and Windows	Graphical	Recommended if it can be used
WinSCP	Homepage	Windows	Graphical	Popular Windows alternative to FileZilla
scp	Part of your SSH client	Linux, Mac and Windows	Terminal	Always works

• Pick the best file transfer tool at your disposal.
• If needed and possible: install that tool, as documented on its homepage
• Use the UPPMAX documentation to upload and download a file

Tool	UPPMAX documentation page
FileZilla	UPPMAX documentation page
WinSCP	UPPMAX documentation page
scp	UPPMAX documentation page