how do I copy from server to server

[mnikhil m]

I would suggest you to use either use rsync or scp.

~Nikhil.


On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 09:31:45 -0500, Alex Evonosky <alex at alexevon.org> wrote:
> Brian McDonald wrote:
> > Is there a way to copy server to server using command line ftp or something
> > like it?
> > I am moving servers and I need to copy the entire html directory about 500
> > megs.
> > I really don't want to have to ftp down to my pc and ftp back up to the new
> > server.
> 
> server1
> =======
> 
> cd /dir/of/html
> tar cvfz backup.tgz *
> ftp <server2>
> login
> pass
> put backup.tgz
> quit
> 
> server2
> =======
> 
> cd /to/where/you/uploaded/the/file
> mv backup.tgz /dir/of/html/folder
> tar xvfz backup.tgz
> 
> done.
> 
> Of course, if both servers were on the same LAN, you could use NFS and
> mount the two and then just mv the file right into the proper dir, but
> its your choice.  The above is just using standard FTP.
> 
> 
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