Re: command line samba to copy files

"Deepak Shrestha" <d88pak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

I need some pointers on how to use samba from command line. My
specific problem is like this:

I have been using KDE environment in linux most of the time. In this
GUI, I can use smb:/ then point to the machine then copy to/from files
between the machines. Now I want to know how to do that in command
line. Some help I got after research is to use the "smbclient" command
but when I use
$ smbclient //server/share
I can access that machine and can view the files but how do I copy
some file from there to my home directory or vice versa? I couldn't
find any command like "cp" or "mv" in samba prompt.

Thanks


smbclient uses a vernacualr that is similar to ftp. Use "get" to copy files from the samba share to your local machine, "put" to copy files from your local machine to the samba share, cd to change directories on the server and lcd to change directory on the local machine. There is a built in help function to smbclient:

[dave@bend ~]# smbclient //mutilate/share
Password:
Domain=[DAVENJUDY] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.10-1.4E.6.2]
smb: \> dir
. D 0 Fri Jul 14 11:32:28 2006
.. D 0 Tue Jul 25 16:48:12 2006
lost+found D 0 Mon May 26 15:42:40 2003
dave D 0 Tue Jul 25 12:52:52 2006
share1 D 0 Fri Jul 18 22:09:51 2003
share2 D 0 Wed May 17 15:52:13 2006
judy D 0 Wed Jul 12 08:00:27 2006
share4 D 0 Wed May 17 15:57:41 2006
pcap D 0 Fri Jul 14 20:50:04 2006
iso D 0 Wed Jul 12 23:29:24 2006
tgz D 0 Wed May 17 16:02:09 2006
erik D 0 Sun Apr 3 12:13:43 2005

36119 blocks of size 4194304. 16637 blocks available
smb: \> help
? altname archive blocksize cancel case_sensitive cd chmod chown del dir du exit get getfacl hardlink help history lcd link lowercase ls mask md mget mkdir more mput newer open print prompt put pwd q queue quit rd recurse reget rename reput rm rmdir setmode stat symlink tar tarmode translate volume vuid logon listconnect showconnect ! smb: \>

Cheers,
Dave

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