For users with access at both ends
scp
scp is a command line program to transfer files from a windows PC to or from our Unix cluster. The transfer is fully encrypted and very efficient. Windows 10 has this built in from April 2018 on. MacOSX and Linux always have it. Here is the command to execute on the Windows computer to copy a "file.foo" from there to the users home directory on our server cluster:
scp file.foo userid@sftp.nber.org:file.foo
scp will prompt for the password.
To pull a file from the NBER unix cluster to your PC, assuming the file you want is in the root of your home directory on unix, the command looks like this:
scp userid@sftp.nber.org:file.foo .
WinSCP
This is a GUI interactive client for Windows that handles all file transfers easily. We recommend searching on the internet to find and download the latest version.
For users with access for sending from within NBER
Using the browser to make file public
Each unix account has a personal home page accessible at: http://users.nber.org/~userid
This points to your directory /home/nber/userid/public_html. That directory and the files in it need to be world-readable:
mkdir public_html chmod ugo+r public_html
If you don't know HTML you can still use this to distribute files. Just copy them into this directory and visitors will see a list of files available. Researchers are welcome to use their personal home page for professional and personal data, as long as the personal material is not a substantial burden on our facilities.