[SLL] Re: posting a Web site to a remote server

[Russell Evans]

On Thu, 26 May 2005 09:38:58 -0700
"Ted Stern" <stern+linux at cray.com> wrote:

> On 26 May 2005 at 08:47 UTC-0700, Russell Evans wrote:
> >
> > Mount the remote directory via fuse and sshfs and then use you
> > favorite file manager to simply copy the directories and files over.
> > If you want to script it you still can using any tool on your system
> > you want. 
> >
> > Thank you
> > Russell
> 
> Fuse is an interesting idea.  You could then use rsync onto the pseudo
> partition.
> 
> But there is a tool called sitecopy which can work via WebDAV or ftp
> connections and does what you want also.  Here's an article on how to
> use it:


If the hosting company doesn't install rsyn and if you are using fuse,
then using rsync locally is really the best use of network traffic. Site
tools that use ftp, webdav, sftp, ... will probably copy whole files
when for any change. Some simple tools might simply copy the whole
site for every update. This can be wasteful if you are paying for
bandwidth, i.e. virtual/dedicated server + some bandwidth allotment per
month. Maybe a smart hosting service doesn't install rsync for this very
reason.

Thank you
Russell