Must have package that should be installed by default (if you use Nautilus) :

• nautilus-image-converter

And another file manager (IMHO better than Nautilus) :

• thunar : for example, you can with a simple right click send files or even directory to thunderbird (strictly impossible with Nautilus), you can launch a term in the current directory, you can paste into the folder trackbar, etc.

How to replace definitely Nautilus by Thunar ? 2 solutions :

• http://www.imaginux.com/roadtolinux/dotclear/index.php?2006/10/24/167-thunar-for-gnome
• http://www.lineheight.net/blog/aprire-percorsi-con-thunar-da-gnome

A very good article, very useful, thanx to its author !

I often use the UNIX command line tool scp (secure copy) to copy a file to a remote server. However, scp has one major drawback: It doesn’t support resuming a transfer. So whenever I’m transferring a file and something comes up which interrupts my transfer–which is bound to happen–I’m cursing away at scp. The solution? Use rsync. It is overkill for most things I do, but when a transfer is interrupted, it is handy. Now, on to the doing.

I want to transfer the file “myFile” to the server “remoteMachine”, which I do with scp:
scp myFile remoteMachine:dirToPutIn/
(You should know this already if you’re reading this in the first place.)

(Muzak while the transfer is in progress; a loud wail and the sound of hair being torn out by its roots as the transfer comes to a grinding halt.)

Time to resume the file with rsync, which I do thusly:
rsync --partial --progress myFile remoteMachine:dirToPutIn/
The “–partial” argument is what does the trick. I added “–progress” because I like to see how the transfer is going; rsync understandably doesn’t show this by default as it is mostly used for purposes which don’t require live progress reporting (e.g. scheduled backups).

Because I know I’ll have this problem again at some point, I have created an alias in my shell’s (zsh) configuration file (~/.zshrc):
alias scpresume="rsync --partial --progress"
I know that rsync and scp are not necessarily related, but the name “scpresume” reflects the purpose of the task I wish to do. And getting it done is what matters the most after all.

Update:
Jan pointed out in a comment that rsync communication is not secure by default, and that you should use tunneling to achieve secure communication. Andi provides the solution which is quite simple: Use --rsh=ssh (use ssh as the remote shell). Thus, our alias from before would look like this: alias scpresume="rsync --partial --progress --rsh=ssh"

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