[SWLUG] batch ftp

[Tim Bonnell]

I just happened to be catching up on my magazines, and read an article on
'rsync'

Linux Format magazine, September 2003 (Issue #44) Pages 52-55

Seems to be just what is needed.

It sunchronises folders across a network, only transfering new and changed
files, and compresses the data to minimise bandwidth. Can also use the SSH
protocol to encrypt if appropriate.

Regards,	Tim

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-----Original Message-----
From: linlist2 at nwjones.demon.co.uk [mailto:linlist2 at nwjones.demon.co.uk]
Sent: 13 October 2003 14:57
To: discuss at swlug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [SWLUG] batch ftp


hagbard at nildram.co.uk wrote:
> On 14:55 Thu 09 Oct     , nat wrote:
> > hi collective knowledge of swlug!
> > 
> > bit of a query, i've got a heap of remote boxes that i need to backup 
> > data from to a server every night. the protocol i've got to use is ftp, 
> > insecure on its own but this is in an ipsec tunnels :)
> > 
> > does anyone know of any readily avaiable scripts of utils for uploading 
> > the whole of a directory and its sub directorys and files easily? i'm 
> > hoping something has already been written and i wont have to hack 
> > something together in perl.
> > 
> > the boxes as a mixture of redhat and debian.
> > 
> > ta in advance,
> > 
> > :)
> > 
> > nat,
> > -- 
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> > 
> > 
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> Hi nat,
> 
> ncftp is available which has a non-interactive ftp client designed to be
> called from shell scripts. It has a batch mode and can recursively descend
> an entire directory tree. There's also a perl module Net::FTP but I've
> never used it.
> 
> Just a thought, but if security isn't a problem, might it be easier to use
> rsync? It's smarter than ftp in that it knows not to replace files if they
> haven't changed. It's a pretty standard service so should be readily
> available on your redhat/debian machines.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Bryn

I've used the perl module very effecttively.
It is simple to use and works well.

Neil Jones- Neil at nwjones.demon.co.uk http://www.butterflyguy.com/
"At some point I had to stand up and be counted. Who speaks for the
butterflies?" Andrew Lees - The quotation on his memorial at Crymlyn
Bog National Nature Reserve



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