File Transfer Methods

Transferring files to/from Bessemer & ShARC

• File transfers from any Windows PC
• File transfers from Unix/Linux platforms
• File transfers from Apple/MAC platforms
• File transfers from Managed Windows workstations in the university

Transferring files to ShARC/Bessemer from webservers:

• wget (v 1.14 supports http, https, ftp & ftps) e.g. wget https://ftp.xxx.tar.gz
• curl (v 7.29 additionally supports sftp) e.g. curl -o name.tar.gz https://ftp.xxx.tar.gz
• lftp (v 4.4.8 additionally supports sftp) e.g. lftp -e 'get -c https://ftp.xxx.tar.gz; exit'

Note that a VPN connection is required to access ShARC & Bessemer.