Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.glorb.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border4.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: How do I scp extremely large files Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:21:54 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 23 Message-ID: <851500.10.1328577714941.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbboj1> References: <7f3940d0-cc97-466d-87bf-7a420e53df5c@gi10g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> Reply-To: comp.lang.java.programmer@googlegroups.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 173.164.137.214 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1328578734 6237 127.0.0.1 (7 Feb 2012 01:38:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 01:38:54 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=173.164.137.214; posting-account=CP-lKQoAAAAGtB5diOuGlDQk0jIwmH0T User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:11797 Mike wrote: > Thanks for the response Robert. rsync is not an option. I cannot use > any outside software, open-source or otherwise. I believe you stated > just what I need to do... obtain a channel to read chunks from and > store locally. I'm just a little fuzzy on the details. Haven't done > much with channels or inputStreams for that matter. I gather Java doesn't count as "outside software". You can read these to get a start with streams, readers, channels and all that: the tutorials being a great place to start if you just need the basics. Oracle has a ton more Java documentation besides the tutorials, of course, as does IBM Developerworks. -- Lew