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Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
 
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)?

Dagonee
*Stupid hosting service without gz/tar capability in the administration program*
 
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
 
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.
 
Posted by HollowEarth (Member # 2586) on :
 
http://filezilla.sf.net

edit: adam beat me to it.

[ November 02, 2004, 06:10 PM: Message edited by: HollowEarth ]
 
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
 
That's what I use.
 
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
 
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.
 
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
 
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.

And no shell access for me. [Frown]

Dagonee
 
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
 
No shell access!?

That's utterly bizarre. Even the uber-cheap hosts I've run into provide shell access.
 


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