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I wonder if it's possible to make file transfers through VNC using only the command line. This question illustrates how to copy text from one window to another, but I haven't found a way to move files using the command line.

In my case, I need to move a batch file from the client to the server and run it.

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Sebi
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  1. TightVNC offers file transfer. What flavor of VNC server is installed on the remote host?
  2. Using clipboard copy and paste, open a remote file, save it as a .cmd file, and then copy/paste the contents of the batch file from the local machine to the remote. Then save the remote file.
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VNC doesn't do file transfer, at least consistently. You need something else for file transfer.

If both hosts were using Linux, or the remote Linux and the local Windows, I'd suggest SCP. But since the remote machine is running Windows, I suggest installing an FTP server. If it's over the Internet and/or the data is sensitive, use something more secure like SFTP. A good server is FileZilla. For the client, you can use the ftp command.

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