Smart Cities - Transferring Files using Secure Copy

Introduction

• The fastest way to copy files between two computers is to use Secure Copy (scp)[1].
• This method is executed from the Terminal and hence eliminates the overhead of a GUI application.
• It is both fast and secure.
• Files can be transferred in both directions.

Prerequisites

• In this lesson it is assumed that Secure Shell (SSH) has been enabled on both computers.
• Both Public and Private keys are being used in this example to make the connection more secure.