[time-nuts] How best to exchange Large files?

Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R caf at omen.com
Wed Feb 22 00:31:37 UTC 2012


I would need about as many steps to use NFS - substitute mounting a share
for logging in.  In addition, I can telnet into Mother from other 
locations if needed.

On 02/21/2012 04:10 PM, bownes wrote:
> Wow. I just save it to an nfs share on the NAS. Then I can get to it from anywhere in the house/world...
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> Have not seen anyone use kermit or zmodem orsplit or rar or uuencode for a long long time.
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> On Feb 21, 2012, at 18:59, Chris Albertson<albertson.chris at gmail.com>  wrote:
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>> On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Robert Darlington
>> <rdarlington at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> Gotcha.   Try using something like WinRAR to chunk up your file into
>>> multiple parts or the UNIX "split" command.   In the very least that's
>>> a way to get it to somebody that can reassemble it for distribution on
>>> a web server.
>> That works but it is 100% manual.  Today we have software that will
>> break up files, send the bits and reassemble them and will even let
>> you shut off one of both computers and automatically restart.
>> Torrent is the best known of these.    It will just carry one in the
>> background and if more people want the file it will take advantage of
>> the added bandwidth.   With magnetic links you can send someone an
>> email and say "click here for the file" and it will "just work".   No
>> one has to slip or reassemble the file.
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>> -- 
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>> Chris Albertson
>> Redondo Beach, California
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