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Upload only changed iWeb files without .Mac
Authored by: twijit on May 25, '06 09:14:39AM

What is shell access...could you elaborate further? I use Transmit...could I do this with that program?



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shell access
Authored by: escowles on May 25, '06 09:58:11AM

Shell access means being able to connect to the remote system using ssh (or rsh) and execute commands. Many webhosts don't provide this, since it can allow remote users to exploit local security compromises (which are more common than remote compromises).

I recently switched my web hosting to .Mac, and I have to say I don't like the WebDAV based file uploading at all. It is much, much slower than ftp or ssh. And it doesn't work well with rsync. Even when you mount your iDisk and use rsync between the two local paths, it's terribly slow, and the file modification dates are all messed up (upload time is used, not the original creation/modification time). So I'm going to cancel my account and switch to someone who provides shell access.



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