I want to transfer 4GB .tar.gz file from Hostgator to DO, and I am unable to access that file via URL (so I can’t use wget), also its not possible to do via FTP. So how can copy that file to DO?
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the best way is to make the 4GB .tar.gz available on your apache2 and then do a php script that download it :)
Since hostgator provides ssh access you can use the scp command to transfer the file directly from your hostgator account to your new droplet.
scp user@hostgatorserver:/path/to/your/file.tar.gz root@dodropetip:/path/on/droplet/.
Replacing the ssh details with those of your hostgator account and new DO droplet and using this command will allow you to transfer the file without making it web accessible.
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