[ale] ftp upload mirror tool

[Jim Popovitch]

Well, the original requirement was for ftp protocol, and I couldn't
find anything out about rsync supporting it (although it does support
ssh). However, my need is very specific in that I only have ftp access
to the machines I was updating, rsync isn't even installed on the NT
and Solaris versions of those systems.  As it turns out, Trey DArley
gets the big cookie for suggesting lftp.  It by far is exactly what I
was looking for.  If anyone else is looking for an ftp based mirroring
tool, check out lftp.

Thanks Trey and everyone else who ventured an opinion on this.

-Jim P.



--- Vaidhy Mayilrangam <vaidhy at loonys.net> wrote:
> Or rsync can be used...
> 
> Vaidhy
> 
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 06:40:17PM -0400, Master Wizard wrote:
> > I can think of several ways to do this, depending on how up-to-date
> the sites need
> > to be. Basic idea is to create a shell script that is run by cron
> on a however
> > often you need it basis.
> > 
> > You take a snapshot of the filesystem just prior to upload
> capturing whatever info
> > you feel appropriate to determine which files have changed. Then,
> compare this
> > snapshot to the one you took just prior to the last upload. Any
> differences are
> > the files you need to upload (or delete, if you can).
> > 
> > If you need near realtime sync, then the following should work.
> > 1. create a user, such as synccopy, and make him the owner of the
> filesystem in
> > question.(all files and directories).
> > 2. make this user the only user capable of writing to the
> filesystem
> > 3. create a synccopy script that runs as the synccopy user. this
> ensures that
> > anyone wishing to change a file in the filesystem has to use the
> script.
> > 4. the script cp's the file(s) in question to the filesystem and
> then ftp's the
> > same file out to the remote systems. you could use a csv file to
> hold the url/ip's
> > of the remote systems.
> > 
> > Since it is possible for a remote site to be offline when this
> happens, you would
> > also need a cron job to check for changes that might have been
> missed. Schedule
> > that for as often as you need.
> > 
> > Hope this gives you some ideas.
> > Ed.
> > 
> > Jim Popovitch wrote:
> > 
> > > --- Trey DArley <tdarley at net-hopper.com> wrote:
> > > > Re: wget... Depends on which way you are trying to mirror,
> > > > doesn't it? And upon how much control you have over the ftp
> > > > host in question...
> > >
> > > That is exactly my problem, I don't have shell access to the
> > > destinations.  What I need is wput, not wget. ;)
> > >
> > > Thanks to everyone who responded,
> > >
> > > -Jim P.
> > >
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