Chapter 6: Transferring Files

Overview of File Transfers

Transfer is the process of conveying a file between operating environments across a network. Various third-party products are available for performing this operation. This example uses FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to illustrate the transfer operation.

You perform a transfer operation either by:

pushing a file	from the source machine, use the FTP put command to copy a file from the source machine to the target machine.
pulling a file	from the target machine, use the FTP get command to copy a file from the source machine to the target machine.

Your ability to push a file from the source to the target machine will depend on whether your access permission allows you to write to the target machine. For complete details, see your network documentation.