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  - Copy files from your Z: to your USB drive and logout   - Copy files from your Z: to your USB drive and logout
  - Log into your new SCS account   - Log into your new SCS account
-  - Copy files from your USB to the new account+  - Copy files from your USB to the new account's Z:
<note>After you have copied your data to your new account make sure that all your files are there and are accessible</note> <note>After you have copied your data to your new account make sure that all your files are there and are accessible</note>
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=== Linux === === Linux ===
-You can copy files from account A to an account B as follows:+You can copy files from your old account to your new account as follows:
-  - ssh access.scs.carleton.ca -l accountA +  - <code>ssh access.scs.carleton.ca -l old_account</code> 
-  - scp my_file accountB@access:my_destination+  - <code>scp my_file new_account@access:my_destination</code> 
 + 
 +,where old_account is your old SCS account name, new_account is your new SCS account name and my_destination is the destination folder.
You can handle copying many files as follows: You can handle copying many files as follows:
-  * use the tar command to archive a directory and then copy the archive over+  * use the [[fyi:useful_linux_commands|tar]] command to archive a directory and then copy the archive over
  * or, on a lambda machine you can run gftp and copy files   * or, on a lambda machine you can run gftp and copy files
  * or, on a windows machine you can use winscp to backup your files from 'old_account' and then restore them to 'new_account'   * or, on a windows machine you can use winscp to backup your files from 'old_account' and then restore them to 'new_account'
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 +<note>If you want to backup your files from home use the external access host [[services:external_access_host_access|access.scs.carleton.ca]]</note>
=== Email === === Email ===
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  - log into your old linux account and save your inbox to a folder   - log into your old linux account and save your inbox to a folder
-  - setup a .forward from your old account to your new account +  - setup a [[services:scs_email#forwarding_mail|.forward]] from your old account to your new account 
-  - copy your mail folder to your new account+  - copy your mail folder to your new account
 + 
 +<code>[jdoe@access ~]$ scp -r mail access:</code>
   
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