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Transfering directories via sftp?
Authored by: hamarkus on Feb 09, '04 03:57:09PM

I would like to transfer whole directories via a secure connection, and what I've been told sftp does not support this. Is this correct and is there a way around it?
You see, I update maybe six files in different directories, and navigating to all these directories can be a pain, it is so much easier just to copy the whole website to the server (I mean, what are a few megabytes among friends, i.e. with broadband).

Or is the best solution to use the syncronize feature of clients like Transmit, which should work over sftp?



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Transfering directories via sftp?
Authored by: escowles on Feb 09, '04 05:51:44PM

You should check out rsync -- it's the utility for transferring only the changes in the most efficient manner possible. Saves time and bandwidth. It can use ssh to secure the connection -- maybe that's what Transmit does...

There's a Aquafied front-end for it called RsyncX.

-Esme



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