On 2004-01-15, Alex Polite penned: > I'm helping my girlfriend updating her website. It's static HTML and > pictures and the only way to update it is over ftp. > > So far I've been using gFtp. I can either upload the site file by file > or upload all files in one go. > > When I've changed some 30 files none of thees options are really good. > I'm looking for a smarter ftp client that checks the md5sum (or > something) of the files on both ends and only upload files that have > changed since the last upload. I guess that the FTP protocol doesn't > support this natively but it could be done by adding an md5sum file > for every file on the site, preferably with the sum in the filename. > > I'm sure someone has already written a script for this. > > alex >
Even on a dial-up connection, 30 html files shouldn't be too painful. Maybe this is just a case where you should be lazy and always upload them all? -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
