[TriLUG] Crossover Copy

Corey Mutter mutterc at nc.rr.com
Wed Aug 27 12:20:23 EDT 2003


On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 09:35:13AM -0400, Ben Pitzer wrote:
> The makers of the free, single-executable "so small you can keep it on a
> toolkit floppy" Windows SSH client Putty also make a PuttySCP client, which,
> as luck would have it, is also a single executable file, and is also small
> enough to fit on a toolkit floppy right next to your 384KB SSH client.
> Putty and PSCP, as well as the rest of the Putty line of tools are made for
> all Windows flavors on x86, and also for NT on Alpha, and there looks to be
> a Mac port in the offing.  Plus, it's fully open source, with the source
> code available for download along with the rest directly from the site,
> which is here:
> 
> http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
> 
> I highly recommend folks check it out who need to be able to SCP to and from
> Windows boxen.  I have found it utterly indispensable.
> 
> Regards,
> Ben Pitzer
> 
> ---------------------------------------------
> 
> "Those that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety
>  deserve neither liberty nor safety."
>  --Ben Franklin--
> 

I agree - PuTTY is also quite useful as a Telent client - in my experience
it has flawless terminal-handling (unlike the default Windows Telnet clients, 
that, when connecting to a Linux box, seem to get confused about the 
number of lines and/or cursor position).

Corey
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