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

[Jonathan Schwartz]

I'm OS X and somewhat comfortable with the command line.  Server is 
Windows. They have web=based  ssh ...but apparently not command line 
ssh. Still checking.

My only clear choice at the moment is FTP.

At 5:15 PM -0700 3/16/09, david weiner wrote:
>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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