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Copy Files from Personal Computer to Lab Machine

For Mac and Linux Users:

  1. Open a Terminal window and login remotely to one of the lab or bg computers.
  2. Use the scp command to copy files between machines using the ssh protocol.

For Windows Users:

  1. Open a Powershell window and login remotely to one of the lab or bg computers.

  2. Use the scp command to copy files between machines using the ssh protocol.

If you prefer using a GUI interface for file transfer, there are multiple applications available online such as Fetch for MacOS and WinSCP for Windows.

Example:

# Login
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# Copy from file from personal computer to remote machine
$ scp /path/to/local/file username@hostname:/path/to/remote/file
# Copy from remote machine to personal computer 
$ scp username@hostname:/path/to/remote/file /path/to/local/file