Transfering files from one server to another - how ?

[SecondSight]

Hello !

Are there special ways, protocols, softwares which must be used to tranfer the files on a server to another server ?

I have files in my uploads directory which I want to transfer to another uploads directory on another server. What is the best way to do this ?

Thank you ! :)

[Aleks]

If you use cPanel on both servers, than you can use "Backup and Restor".

[Aleks]

Or you can use SSH

[SecondSight]

SSH seems interesting. Can you give me the most important steps to transfer a directory to another server through SSH ?

Thank you for your help ! :)

[Haku2]

I remember someone asking this question on Invisionize and I dug up the topic now.

The syntax to move everything from the old server is:

wget -r

ftp://username:password@yourdomain.com/do...m/public_html/*

Leave it running until it's done.

It maintains the same directory structure.

What a huge time saver!

Source: http://forums.invisionize.com/index.php?showtopic=120045



Kind Regards.

Haku

[SecondSight]

Thank you ! :)