Re: [cobalt-users] FTP and FXP

[Joe Kerns <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Did somebody try to configure the FTP server of Cobalt products to do FXP ? FXP is the capability to initiate from an FTP/FXP client (like FlashFXP for NT/95) FTP transfers between two FTP servers.. For example, if you have a test server and a production server, you could FXP files between them instead of downloading files to your machine from the test and then uploading to the production. The interesting point is that you take advantage of the bandwith between the servers instead of going through your dial-up connection.. Problem is that this is pretty difficult to setup..especially if you have to ask for it from an ISP..

You already have similar functionality...

You can ftp from your machine to the other machine. While at the command line:

ftp somedomain.com

enter the u/p info, cd to the dir you want to put your files, and type  put files.  Use the delete key to backspace if you nub up what you are typing.

I recently moved from a RAQ1 to RAQ2. I created a tarball of my /home/sites/ directory, ftp'ed over to the new box (like you mentioned much faster then dling to my local machine and then re-upping to new box), and untarred it moved them around where they needed to go. Worked very well and saved a ton of time (I did the 1st few sites manually...yikes)...

Joe