File Editor And Transfer - MEDIATEK LinkIt Smart 7688 Developer's Manual

4.7. File Editor and Transfer

As a developer, you want freedom to use any text editor of your choice for coding. You can launch
the built-in vim editor in system console to edit source code files directly in LinkIt Smart 7688 or
you can use other editor from a remote computer, but during development, including tasks such
as program execution, it's common to transfer files between LinkIt Smart 7688 and the remote
programming computer to finish the job. The default system image of LinkIt Smart 7688 provides
several tools for transferring files over Wi-Fi connection. Table 15 shows the types of file transfer
tools:
File Transfer Service
SCP (Secure Copy)
Samba
4.7.1. Using SCP to copy files in Windows:
is one of the most reliable ways to transfer files is through the SCP protocol. You can
SCP tool
download tools that support SCP protocol.
command line interfaces:
a) To use GUI, start WinSCP and click Yes when you see a warning window as shown in
Figure 33.
b) Select SCP for file protocol, enter mylinkit.local in the host name box, root for user
name and password you set in Web UI. Click Login as show in Figure 34 .
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Protocol Host
Platform
Windows
SCP OS X
Linux
SMB/CIFS Windows
OS X
Linux
Table 15 File Transfer Tools
WinSCP is used in this guide. It provides both GUI and
Figure 33 SCP Security Warning
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Tool
WinSCP
scp command
scp command
File Explorer built-in
support
Finder built-in support
smbclient
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