Sending files (Documents, videos etc.) Raspi to Raspi

Question

I have 2 Raspberry Pi's. I want to transfer files from my first Raspberry Pi to my second Raspberry Pi any guides my masters :)? sorry for the consecutive questions I'm just new to Raspberry Pi.

P.S My two Raspberry Pi's are different. One is the first version while the other is second, is that okay?

Answer 1

If you have a file '/home/pi/Desktop/hello.txt' on 'raspberry1' and you wish to transfer it to 'raspberry2':

1. On 'raspberry1' : bring up a terminal.
2. Change into the directory where you file 'hello.txt' resides:
3. Startup an 'sftp' session to 'raspberry2'.
4. Within the 'sftp' session, change into the directory where you want to copy the file.
5. Issue a 'put' command, exit when done.

So that would be:

cd /home/pi/Desktop
sftp raspberry2

Then you would enter your login credentials for 'raspberry2', and then in 'sftp':

cd /tmp # or whatever directory you want
put hello.txt
quit

You can copy multiple files using the 'sftp' command 'mput'. You can setup automatic logins between the two machines as well if need be. You can 'batch' up 'sftp' commands so you can run them automatically.

Answer 2

It depends on what you want to transfer.

rsync as it implies can synchronise directories (including whole filesystems).

ssh is the most common protocol for accessing another system and the related scp lets you copy files.

ftp is the time honoured method for file transfer and FileZilla is a GUI ftp client.

There are a number of networking protocols which you can use to transfer from the GUI.