[Cialug] Is there a better way to sync two directories?

[Josh More]

Tunnel rsync over SSH.

Google will have tons of HOWTO guides for you.

-Josh



On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Adam Shannon <adam at ashannon.us> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm moving web hosts (from a restricted 1and1 box to an amazon
> instance) and I was wondering if there was a better way to copy all of
> the files over. The biggest part is my image hosting site, which I
> would like to keep the amazon box as close as I can to my 1and1 box.
> However, on my 1and1 box I don't have access to install programs (so
> rsync is out). What I'm doing to start is using scp to transfer
> everything over, however it looks like scp will copy files even if
> they already exist. With 16,000+ images I'd rather not do that (if I
> want to keep the two boxes as similar as possible during the move).
>
> My question is, is there a better way to ensure the two boxes are the
> same even on this limited setup?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Adam Shannon
> Web Developer
> University of Northern Iowa
> Sophomore -- Computer Science B.S. & Mathematics
> http://ashannon.us
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