Hello everybody. I need help on how to use copy function to copy file from one computer to another ( or any other way i can copy the file). The computers are on a local network.
9  4991  hsriat 1,654
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I really don't want to tell you once again that what you are asking for is not possible.
But you can't do that if the machines are client machines.
I have never used something like this before, so can't really help you.
Atli 5,058
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What do you mean by "copy from one computer to another"?
Is one a server and the other a client?
Are they both servers that need to exchange files?
Are they client machines?
What OS are they running?
Do you need this done periodically or just once?
No script running on computer A can access the file system on computer B without some sort of a file-transfer protocol, like say FTP.
Do you have something like that set up?
English is not my native language, that might be creating difficulty in understanding my question, but let me try to explain the scene.
Both computers are on a local network and running WindowsXp. First computer (Computer A) is my PHP server. The second computer (Computer B) is a client with a network connection to Computer A. Whenever a file is uploaded on Computer A, i want to make a copy of that file on Computer B.
TheServant 1,168
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English is not my native language, that might be creating difficulty in understanding my question, but let me try to explain the scene.
Both computers are on a local network and running WindowsXp. First computer (Computer A) is my PHP server. The second computer (Computer B) is a client with a network connection to Computer A. Whenever a file is uploaded on Computer A, i want to make a copy of that file on Computer B.
How is it being uploaded on Computer A? B will need to download the target file if it is a client machine. I believe this can be done automatically, but there will need to be some downloading. Maybe something can be done with the network, provided there is a shared harddrive, but if I understand correctly, you will need a script that is run when someone uploads a file on Computer A, which will tell Computer B to download it as well.
copy ("file1.txt","\ \\\computerb\\s hare\\file1.txt ");
This is what i was looking for. The above function copies a file from ComputerA to ComputerB (name is computerb). Computer B has a shared directory which is accessible by Computer A. No ftp, no downloading is required.
Rizwan
Atli 5,058
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That should work. Although it may be a little dangerous.
I assume the upload directory will have to be set to give everybody write permission for this to work?
If you want a little more security, I would advice setting up a FTP server on computer B, which computer A could log into before it could copy the file.
It would restrict the access so not everybody could just go in there and mess with your files.
TheServant 1,168
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copy ("file1.txt","\ \\\computerb\\s hare\\file1.txt ");
This is what i was looking for. The above function copies a file from ComputerA to ComputerB (name is computerb). Computer B has a shared directory which is accessible by Computer A. No ftp, no downloading is required.
Rizwan
Nice! You learn something new everyday! But as Atli says, it looks very dangerous and I hope you have a lot of security measures before the file is uploaded!
That should work. Although it may be a little dangerous.
I assume the upload directory will have to be set to give everybody write permission for this to work?
If you want a little more security, I would advice setting up a FTP server on computer B, which computer A could log into before it could copy the file.
It would restrict the access so not everybody could just go in there and mess with your files.
Thats right Atli, but i have no idea how to setup an FTP server? I have been reading a tutorial on setting up FTP server, will need help if i face any problem
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