With the price of online disk space plunging, I'm tempted to use some of the
vacant space on my web server for offsite file storage and backup. I know I
can FTP the files, of course. But I am wondering if anyone has come across a
script, or set of scripts, that provide a slicker solution for uploading and
downloading files manually or on a set schedule (with appropriate security,
etc.)

Alex

Alex wrote:
> With the price of online disk space plunging, I'm tempted to use some of the
> vacant space on my web server for offsite file storage and backup. I know I
> can FTP the files, of course. But I am wondering if anyone has come across a
> script, or set of scripts, that provide a slicker solution for uploading and
> downloading files manually or on a set schedule (with appropriate security,
> etc.)
>
> Alex
>
>

One kind of nice program is sftpdrive.

http://www.sftpdrive.com/

It makes a remote directory via SFTP/SSH look like a local drive.

"Alex" <tuchasoffentisch@_NO_SPAM_gmail.com> wrote:

> With the price of online disk space plunging, I'm tempted to use some
> of the vacant space on my web server for offsite file storage and
> backup. I know I can FTP the files, of course. But I am wondering if
> anyone has come across a script, or set of scripts, that provide a
> slicker solution for uploading and downloading files manually or on a
> set schedule (with appropriate security, etc.)

There are various back up solutions using rsync.

--
John Bokma http://johnbokma.com/

"George Sexton" <gsexton@mhsoftware.com> wrote in message
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> Alex wrote:
>> With the price of online disk space plunging, I'm tempted to use some of
>> the vacant space on my web server for offsite file storage and backup. I
>> know I can FTP the files, of course. But I am wondering if anyone has
>> come across a script, or set of scripts, that provide a slicker solution
>> for uploading and downloading files manually or on a set schedule (with
>> appropriate security, etc.)
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>
> One kind of nice program is sftpdrive.
>
> http://www.sftpdrive.com/
>
> It makes a remote directory via SFTP/SSH look like a local drive.

Thanks. Looks like a nice solution.

Alex