There are in principle three ways to transmit data:
the hyperchannel link (VAX 
IBM only), standard FTP
and, for binary data only, the GSI-made bincopy utility.
A fourth one, the CERN utility ZFTP, is not fully functional on all computers.
On UNIX systems you can automate the FTP "login" sequence if you transfer data exclusively between the same two nodes/accounts using a file .netrc in your home directory. Insert the line(s):
machine <remotenode> login <uid> password <password>The .netrc must be protected against everybody else but you:
chmod o-rw # disable others chmod g-rw # disable group
Please note that the file/dataset naming conventions are different
on the different computers, in particular, special characters
like _, $, #, @ cause nothing but trouble, so avoid them wherever
possible (see 
).
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