[GLLUG] copy files between 2 FTP servers

[Gary Holbrook]

I would suggest using scp -R then.  Secure copy over ssh is very fast, 
clean, and easy to use.

On Tue, 21 Jun 2005, dotpage wrote:

> Both
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Holbrook <gholbrook at digitalintuition.com>
> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 12:58:54 
> To:Eduardo Cesconetto <eduardo at cesconetto.com>
> Cc:Jeremy Bowers <jerf at jerf.org>, linux-user at egr.msu.edu
> Subject: Re: [GLLUG] copy files between 2 FTP servers
> 
> 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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