how to sync ftp folder with local folder?

Question

I have a local folder, and I would like to sync it a folder on a web server via FTP . what is the best way to accomplish this? I would prefer to be able to do this via terminal, so that I can just have an 'update' command that would update the files on the sever.

Solution 1

You could mount it with curlftpfs and then sync it with unison.

Solution 2

The script you are searching for might be FTPSync.

Comments

[mweber]

... or rsync (which is used by unison)

[somasekhar]

rsync does not sync in two ways I think.

[mweber]

No, it doesn't. But for this case it is not necessarily needed. I just wanted to add it ;)

[somasekhar]

Right, in this case a rsync --delete would do the trick.

[Peachy]

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[Matthias Weiler]

I see that it would make sense in general, but in this case I recommend a program. What else should I write? Type "ftpsync.pl -h" to learn how to use it.

[Clément]

A good tutorial on how to do that (it's not that complex, but it helps to have a guideline): raphael.li/tips/synchronize-ftp

[Clément]

The page moved to savannah.gnu.org/projects/ftpsync and there's a git repository : git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/ftpsync.git