how to copy windowshare files in linux system?

Question

Hi I am new to Linux system. I need to copy files from "connect to server" windowshare as smb files location to local linux path. I tried this but i can't work properly, How to copy files from smb://crystal/share.

I tried:

find smb://crystal/share/ -type f -exec scp {} /var/www/share/

it can work with local system but I need simply copy from windowshare files, local server files,

I can connect to server option in linux, it option can be copy files manually but I like to copy files by terminal, any one help me....

Thanks advanced...

Answer 1

You should mount the remote filesystem first:

sudo mount -t cifs '//HOST/DIR' /LOCAL/DIR -o user=<WINDOWS_USER>,iocharset=utf8

Then you can find and copy files.

Answer 2

You have to mount the smb file system, first, so that it looks "native" to the unix tools.

See:

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-mount-remote-windows-partition-windows-share-under-linux.html