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File transfer using scp

Learning objectives

  • Practice using the UPPMAX documentation
  • Can transfer files using scp
For teachers

Teaching goals are:

  • Learners have practiced using the UPPMAX documentation
  • Learners have transferred files using scp

Lesson plan:

gantt
  title File transfer using scp
  dateFormat X
  axisFormat %s
  section First hour
  Prior : prior, 0, 5s
  Present: present, after prior, 2s
  %% It took me 6 mins, here I do that time x2
  Challenge: crit, challenge, after present, 12s
  %% Here I use the same time it took me to give feedback
  Feedback: feedback, after challenge, 6s

Prior questions:

  • How can one do a file transfer from the terminal?
  • Can you name some programs that can do file transfer from the terminal?
  • Who has heard of scp?
  • Who has already used scp?

Why?

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

We use a free and open-source graphical tool to do this, called SCP. It works under Linux, Mac and Windows.

Exercises

Need a video?

Here is a video that shows the solution of these exercises

Exercise 1: transfer a file

Use the UPPMAX documentation for help.

  • Search for the procedure on how to transfer a file to/from Rackham using SCP
Where is that documentation?

The procedure can be found at https://docs.uppmax.uu.se/software/rackham_file_transfer_using_scp/.

  • Copy a file from your local computer to your Rackham home folder. Verify this worked.
  • Copy a file from your Rackham home folder to your local computer. Verify this worked.