I don't know what RDP is.
The best tool ever for backing up files over the local network, or fetching files from a remote server is rsync.
To use rsync you need ssh installed and working on your laptop and server. There are lots of tutorials about setting up ssh available. You will need an ssh key on your computer and a copy of that on the remote server.
Then, just run a bash script to fetch the files using rsync.
A bash script is not Python!
Your computer must know where to find the bash script, or you will have to navigate to the folder and then run ./fetch_files.sh
I put all bash scripts in a folder called myBashScripts. Save the bash script, a simple text file, as fetch_messages.sh or whatever.
If you use Windows, I don't know how to set up such a script, but I presume it should also work
Quote:# save this as, for example, fetch_files.sh and make it executable
# get files from my little rented cloud server to my laptop
echo "Fetching any messages ... "
user="pedro"
# use your ip, of course
server="123.123.123.123"
# where to put the files on your laptop
Answers="/home/pedro/messages"
# where the uploaded contact messages go on the cloud server
path1="/var/www/mycloud.com/public_html/contact/messages"
echo "Getting the files from the remote server to this computer."
# set the login port for ssh if it is not 22, like: -p 3389
# this: --remove-source-files does what it says and removes the files on the cloud after fetching them.
rsync -av --remove-source-files --progress -e 'ssh -p 22 -i ~/.ssh/my_cloud_ed25519' $user@$server:${path1}/* "${Answers}"
echo "Got the files and saved them to "$Answers
echo "All done!"
The above is just a simple text file, write it in any simple text editor.
Run the bash script from a terminal. Fast and simple!
You can set up rsync as a daemon, then you don't need to call it specifically. I have never done that.
