Best method for transferring files from computer to RPi?

[ThatGuy7]

This is probably a silly question, but I know so little about this stuff and I'm quite confused. On the Remote Access page, there's four different ways to transfer files. I'd imagine I'm not going to be using FTP (am I?), so of SFTP, SCP, SSHFS, which one should I use? Which one is the easiest to use?

If it makes any difference, I'm on Windows 10.

[DougieLawson]

Install filezilla on Windows and connect to your RPi's IP address (sftp://raspberrypi.local or sftp://192.168.3.14) with user=pi, password=raspberry (if you've not changed it). That will use sftp without you needing to do anything special.

https://filezilla-project.org/

[lmarmisa]

If you wish to share files between Windows and RPi, probably the most useful option is Samba:

http://raspberrywebserver.com/serveradm ... twork.html

However, you can install Ubuntu bash shell on Windows 10 and use scp too:

https://www.howtogeek.com/249966/how-to ... indows-10/

The Ubuntu shell running on W10 has limitations. For example, in relation with ssh/sftp/scp/sshfs, only the client funcionality is available and it is limited to the shell. So, no integration with GUI is supported.

[W. H. Heydt]

I don't think there is a "best" way. Use the one that fits your needs at the moment.

That said,. I use pscp. Also missing from the list is "sneaker net"....copy the files to a removable storage device, then move the device to the target system and read the files off. "Sneaker net" kind of goes along with the old adage: Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes.

[MacsandaPi]

I like and use FileZilla a lot; I also use rsync. I back up my pi's home directory to another computer and find that rsync is faster than FileZilla; I think that's because only the files that have changed since the last backup are copied over.

[TideMan]

And I use WinSCP. It has a very nice GUI. All my RPis are stored there along with their userid/passwords and it just takes a click to connect. I believe it uses SSH.

[memilanuk]

MobaXterm has a pretty slick feature where when you open up an ssh connection, it has a collapsible sidebar that allows drag-n-drop file manipulation and transfer on the remote host.

[linux_author]

sneakernet



willie
on the faster-than-a-speeding-thumb-drive Gulf of Mexico

[Quinn Mallory]

MobaXterm has a pretty slick feature where when you open up an ssh connection, it has a collapsible sidebar that allows drag-n-drop file manipulation and transfer on the remote host.

mobaxterm is so slick! Thank you for this suggestion. It automatically pulled in my existing saved Putty sessions, saved my Pi's password when I logged in, and lets me drag/drop updated files to my projects directory as I update them in Atom on my desktop.

This is soooo much faster than uploading to github every time, starting VNC on the Pi, starting my client, and navigating to github on the pi to download the file, rename it, and put it in the folder.

[Bradleycooper]

Best method to transfer large files from your PC to anyone onlie is using online file sharing services like filewhopper.com , your files will be transferred securely due to data encryption and no data will be lost