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I'm uploading a directory tree to a web site, and the operation keeps timing out. What I'm looking for is a tool that will track the progress so I can try again without starting over.
Anyone know one (preferably free)?
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Uh, first of all, they better be including shell access, which would include tar and gzip functionality.
Second, I wouldn't trust any webhost that didn't respect my data enough to provide SFTP as an option. I generally favor PuTTY on windows.
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Oh, and given its implied you've been doing your file management in a gui, I'd suggest you try doing your file management with a proper shell. A shell is very enabling for most of the file management tasks involved in web hosting, as most things that need moving in a well-structured web site setup follow patterns, and a shell is much better at managing files based on patterns than a gui, which manages them based on visual relationships often tied to some very basic ordered relationship.
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FireZilla is uploading the files as we speak - it's far better than Windows built-in FTP client.
Normally I do file management with automated tools to bring the live site up to date with staging site. Unfortunately, I won't have a staging site until we get Eve a laptop and I rebuild my Athalon desktop into a Linux box.
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