[jcifs] Copying Files

[Allen, Michael B (RSCH)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Christopher R. Hertel [SMTP:crh at ubiqx.mn.org]
> 
> > Does this mean that whenever I do such a copy that every byte of file a 
> > is schlepped across to my machine then schlepped back to the remote 
> > machine in the new location?
> 
> How else would you expect this to work?  If you wanted to copy a file from
> machine A to machine B you would need a direct connection between A and
> B.  If you are on machine C, then the only way to establish a direct
> connection between A and B is to somehow force one of those machines to
> open such a connection with the other.
> 
	Well, Rob didn't mention copying files across hosts but even then it's not
	unresonable to think that a sophisticated networking protocol might do
	third party transfers. The irony is that FTP can :~)

	Mike