[FX.php List] [OFF] Automated FTP Client for backup?

david weiner 1265 at lucerneblvd.org
Mon Mar 16 18:15:16 MDT 2009


If you have shell access I'd suggest you use rsync - there are some  
projects out there that make it pretty easy to set up if you aren't  
familiar with it. Google rsync backup and you'll get lots of results.

- David


On Mar 16, 2009, at 5:04 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> My client's web site is hosted at a commercial web hosting joint.  
> There is another person with FTP access to the web files and they  
> recently managed to overwrite one of my php files. Since I do my  
> work directly on the server using BBEdit, I had no backup for the  
> file.
>
> So now I'm looking for a good backup solution (from server to local)  
> for a server that I don't run. Sure, I could do it manually, but I'm  
> interested in an automated solution.
>
> Is automated FTP a good way to go? Any other good solutions?
>
> Jonathan
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> Exit 445 Group
> jonathan at exit445.com
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