There are many ways to move files between Unix and Windows. In my mind, they fall into three categories — secure copy (let’s not even think about ftp), shared drives, and file synchronization ...

When transferring text files between Linux/Unix and Windows systems, you may encounter issues with line breaks and file formatting. This is because Windows uses both a line feed (LF) and a ...

Unix systems provide numerous ways to compare files. The most common way to verify that you have received or downloaded the proper file is to compute a checksum and compare it against one computed ...

Solaris and other SVR4 versions of Unix provide file sharing through NFS and the /etc/dfs/dfstab file. The syntax of this particular file permits you to restrict file system sharing to a limited ...

Viewing the content of files and examining access permissions and such are very different options. This post examines a number of ways to look at files on Linux.