Downloading files from YouSendIt directly to a linux server using lynx
I am frequently sent large zip files of photos or videos from clients, which I need to download and then FTP to their website. I decided today to find a different way to do this so I could bypass the long process of uploading GBs of files.
1) Go to your email from YouSendIt and right click on the download button. Copy this link.
2) SSH into your server.
3) Issue the “lynx” command to open a text-based browser
lynx https://rcpt.yousendit.com/1258529888/2f2b4adaf69882f770
4) Anytime you are prompted for a cookie or SSL error, just follow the prompt by pressing “y” or “Y”
5) Once the page loads, you just hit the down key until you get to the link to the file. Then hit the right arrow key to start the download.
6) exit lynx (ctrl + z)
7) locate the file that was downloaded. It’s likely in the folder you’re currently in.
unzip the file
unzip nameoffile.zip
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10:52 am
Shannon
Take a look at Binfer. A very cool alternative to FTP and upload based solutions.