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Old March 3rd, 2008, 04:47 PM
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Transfer files to a new host?
I'm in the process of switching to a new host for my websites. My old host is Servage and my new host is Dreamhost.

I'm looking for a way to directly transfer all my files from Servage to Dreamhost (i.e. don't transfer them via my PC).

Whilst Dreamhost offers a whole suite of access to their servers, Servage only offers FTP (no SFTP, no SCP, no SSH, no RSYNC). Servage also don't give any ability to create a tar.gz of my files (I tried to use a Perl script to execute a shell command to tar my files, but it didn't work )

So currently the only way I can see to get the files across to Dreamhost is to use the ftp command (via SSH on Dreamhost), but this command is severely limiting because mget can't transfer directories - it can only transfer files in a directory.

Can anyone see an easy way for me to get all files across to my new host?
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Old March 3rd, 2008, 06:11 PM
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Never mind - wget is what I needed.
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more specifically, use:
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wget --mirror

By default wget only goes 5 directories deep which could have been tragic. --mirror makes sure you grab everything.
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Seem you have fixed everything.
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more specifically, use:
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wget --mirror

By default wget only goes 5 directories deep which could have been tragic. --mirror makes sure you grab everything.


Thanks for that tip. I was once fed up with this wget issue.
By the way, your hosts don't have any control panel?
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By the way, your hosts don't have any control panel?

It did, but the control panel didn't offer all the functions you may expect from a host. They didn't use cpanel.
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You mean Dreamhost.com offers no control panel?
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They both offer a control panel. Neither use cPanel if that's what your asking though.
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I guess, this complicates the process of transfer a lot, or can even make it paid.
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directransfer.net
Just in case someone needs a webtool for transferring files via FTP directly. I used directransfer[dot]net

They give 10Mb for free so small sites can be transferred for free. And if you have a bigger site you can just create a few accounts and get 10mb per account and transfer.
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Not long after I posted this, I found that both Servage and Dreamhost supported the FTP extension, FXP. Which means I was able to use my file manager (Directory Opus) to perform a site-to-site transfer of the files which bypassed my local PC. So for some servers you won't need the DirecTransfer service. Apparently there are a couple free FTP clients that support FXP.
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Why didn't you try to get a host with a control panel that allows you to backup and restore whole site? It is hard to transfer and restore databases and emails through wget.
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I think that web hosting without control panel is a way to save some money for people which are quite good in that.
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