[GLLUG] copy files between 2 FTP servers

[Gary Holbrook]

Sorry if I missed this already.  Can you SSH to both servers, or only one?

On Tue, 21 Jun 2005, Eduardo Cesconetto wrote:

> Ok, I figured a bit of this out, I SSH to the destination server, and  
> FTP from there to the old one, then I''m trying to mget all the  
> files, wich I can, but not the subfolders, this is what I'm tryng:
> 
> mget -r public_html/*
> 
> is there an error in my syntax?
> 
> is there a better way to bring a hole folder w/ subfolders from ine  
> server to another?
> 
> 
> 
> On Jun 21, 2005, at 11:44 AM, Jeremy Bowers wrote:
> 
> > Eduardo Cesconetto wrote:
> >
> >> Is it possible to copy files from an FTP server to another w/o  
> >> having  to download them them uploading?
> >> If yes, does anybody has the syntax?
> >>
> >
> > FTP originally had support for this (RFC 959), but because of  
> > security issues (such as those discussed in RFC 2577, the "bounce  
> > attack") I believe no servers support that any more, and I  
> > certainly have no idea how to set it up. (If it's even possible,  
> > you'd need a command line client, and even then it may not support  
> > it...)
> >
> > You'll need shell on one server or another, or set up some other  
> > method to transfer files, based on the ability to access one or the  
> > other with something higher than FTP.
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
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