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| custom_commands#fxp (martin) | reorganizing (martin) | ||
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| ===== To transfer files directly from one server to another ===== | ===== To transfer files directly from one server to another ===== | ||
| - | This feature is not build-in to WinSCP for reasons listed below. Yes there are ways to utilize some advanced features of WinSCP to achieve the task, see further. | + | This feature is not built into WinSCP, for reasons listed further down. Yet, there are ways to utilize some advanced features of WinSCP to achieve the task. |
| - | * [[SFTP]] protocol does not allow this. | + | |
| - | * With [[SCP]] protocol it may be theoretically possible. However it has many drawbacks. It would require not only major changes in WinSCP, but also many extensive configuration changes on both servers to allow authenticate on the second server from the first one (note that it would not be possible to use password authentication). So practically it would not have any advantage for most users. | + | |
| - | * For [[FTP]] protocol has an FXP extension that allows this, but it is not supported by WinSCP. [[bug>309]] | + | |
| ==== Pushing files with custom command ==== | ==== Pushing files with custom command ==== | ||
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| wget ftp://username:password@otherhost:/path/file ./ | wget ftp://username:password@otherhost:/path/file ./ | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
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| + | ==== Reasons why the feature is not built into ==== | ||
| + | * [[SFTP]] protocol does not allow this. | ||
| + | * With [[SCP]] protocol it may be theoretically possible. However it has many drawbacks. It would require not only major changes in WinSCP, but also many configuration changes on both servers to allow authenticate on the second server from the first one (note that it would not be possible to use password authentication). See [[custom_commands#fxp|scp custom command]] for details. So practically it would have advantage for advanced users only, who can use the "custom command" solution easily. | ||
| + | * For [[FTP]] protocol has an FXP extension that allows this, but it is not supported by WinSCP. [[bug>309]] | ||