Re: [OT] update static html site over ftp (rsync like ftp syncing)
On 2004-01-15, Alex Polite penned:
> I'm helping my girlfriend updating her website. It's static HTML and
> pictures and the only way to update it is over ftp.
>
> So far I've been using gFtp. I can either upload the site file by file
> or upload all files in one go.
>
> When I've changed some 30 files none of thees options are really good.
> I'm looking for a smarter ftp client that checks the md5sum (or
> something) of the files on both ends and only upload files that have
> changed since the last upload. I guess that the FTP protocol doesn't
> support this natively but it could be done by adding an md5sum file
> for every file on the site, preferably with the sum in the filename.
>
> I'm sure someone has already written a script for this.
>
> alex
>
Even on a dial-up connection, 30 html files shouldn't be too painful.
Maybe this is just a case where you should be lazy and always upload
them all?
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monique
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