Thank you all. Hi5 to Benjamin. RSYNC did the magic although it refused to keep passwords. The transfer speeds... luckily it was Sunday & I could afford a drink.
# Edz On Thursday, March 15, 2012, Benjamin Tayehanpour < [email protected]> wrote: > For backup purposes, rsync is definitely a better choice, especially > if the Internet connection is dodgy since rsync verifies that all the > files were transferred intact. If privacy is an issue (if you are > dealing with other users' data, it is very much so) you could run > rsync over SSH by appending "-e ssh" to the rsync command. > > Read more about using rsync here: > https://www.linux.com/news/enterprise/storage/8200-back-up-like-an-expert-with-rsync > > On 3/15/12, Peter C. Ndikuwera <[email protected]> wrote: >> Another option is ncftp, specifically the ncftpput & ncftpget commands. >> -- >> Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events >> occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given >> credit. >> >> >> >> On 14 March 2012 07:58, Paul Bagyenda <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> lftp provides much better scriptability. >>> >>> P. >>> >>> On Mar 13, 2012, at 22:13, sanga collins wrote: >>> >>> Hi Mike, >>> >>> That was quote was from my post describing my script in my environment. >>> Eds would need to modify to suit his setup >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Mike Barnard >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 13 March 2012 19:29, Edmonds Namasenda <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> FILE="/path_to/localServer_userdir/*.*" >>>>> >>>>> >>>> you have already defined the variable FILE as a wildcard... >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> mput $FILE/*.* >>>>> >>>> >>>> You do not need to do that again here... >>>> $FILE/*.* is the same as "path_to/localServeruserdir/*.*/*.* >>>> and that does not make sense... >>>> -- Thank you and kind regards, *I.P.N Edmonds* ICT Practitioner & Consultant *TzM**:* +255 68 422 1561* | **UgM:* +256 71 227 3374 *P.O.* Box 22249, Kampala UGANDA *| Yahoo**!**:* namasenda* | Skype:* edsend COMPUTER NETWORKS: WIRELESS; CABLED; VPNs | UNIX SERVERS: MAIL; FILE; PROXY; WEB; VoIP | WEBSITE DESIGN: STATIC; FLASH; DYNAMIC | CREATIVE GRAPHICS & IDENTITY MANAGEMENT | I.T SUPPORT & CONSULTANCY | ANTI-VIRUS
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