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Angelina
Angelina

Reputation: 2265

Using linux wget to grab data from windows box

I need to get the data from Windows box and store it on my linux box using wget.

#!/bin/sh
#
user="vim1"
pass="pass11"
host="10.20.15.124"
#from this folder
localbase="C:/Users/i1/Desktop/datafolder"
remotebase="/home/myfolder"

wget_opts="-q"

When I run 

wget  --user=vim1 --password='pass11' 10.20.15.124

it does nothing. Just says

Connecting to 10.20.15.124:80...

Can someone tell me why?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 13755

Answers (3)

Alex Che
Alex Che

Reputation: 7112

If by any lucky accident you have Python on your source machine, then you can use the preinstalled SimpleHTTPServer module to serve your file over HTTP. Go to the folder with your file and run 

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

or if you have Python 3

python3 -m http.server

And then on your Linux machine use 

wget http://<source-machine-IP>:8000/<filename>

The module allows to specify an optional PORT parameter, if the default 8000 port is not suitable for you.

Upvotes: 1

Adrian Fr&#252;hwirth
Adrian Fr&#252;hwirth

Reputation: 45586

As pointed out by @n.m. and @htor, you need to have an HTTP server running on your Windows machine to be able to connect this way. What you can do is use Samba to mount a shared folder from your Windows box on your Linux box and copy the files to a local folder on your Linux box (google buzzword: smbmount).

Upvotes: 1

user1019830
user1019830

Reputation:

As already commented, if you don't have an HTTP or FTP server up and running on your Windows box you will have problems connecting to it through internet. Until you have resolved that, a relatively fast way to transfer your files would be through sneakernet if you have physical access to the Windows box.

Upvotes: 1

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