[lug] Download file from a remote system

[Nate Duehr]

Seems like ppp has the most flexibility... dial up, connect a point to point
IP network, do whatever you want on it, and drop the link.

Nate 

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us [mailto:lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us]
On Behalf Of Carl Wagner
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 3:43 PM
To: Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List
Subject: [lug] Download file from a remote system

Hi,

I have been thinking about this for a while now and would like to run it 
by the group.

I would like to be able to automatically dial into a remote box (modem 
only) and retrieve a file periodically (cron) say every 4-6 hours.
The file would be a few K-bytes in size, that I could compress down to 
probably less than 1KB.  (It's temperature data).

What is the easiest way to do this (Debian Etch on both ends)?

UUCP, PPPD, expect script, something else?

Thanks,
Carl.

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