FTP Sync is a free command line application to synchronize files between two ftp sites or local directories. Its main purpose is to automate the synchronization of files between two ftp servers or between a ftp server and a local directory.
This can be helpful for instance for webmasters or coders who design their websites and projects offline and want to automatically synchronize the updated files to a web server.
A second purpose could be an automated backup of files on a website to another web server or a local computer.
Core Features:
- supports UNIX, Microsoft, IBM and Novell type FTP servers only new or changed files are transferred
- console type application that can be easily executed from various schedulers and batch files
- FTPSync is intended for computer experts – it has no user interface, so users must know how to edit standard Windows INI files. Synchronization can be configured on the fly from batch files or other applications, making it a convenient tools when sync authomation is required.
The configuration of the file synchronization process or backups are configured in standard Windows ini files. It is recommended to take a look at the extensive documentation to configure the program properly.
Three demo configuration options are included in the download. They demonstrate many features and parameters of the program.
An alternative to FTP Sync is the popular software WinSCP which can also be used to automatically synchronize data between local computer systems and servers. Information on how to create a batch file can be found in the winSCP forum.
FTP Sync can be downloaded from the developer’s website. (via Donation Coder)
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Just for those that didn’t know, ftp.exe (included in every windows version) is scriptable. I’ve used it to do something similar: sync an ftp site to a local directory. I even set it up as a batch file so I could drag-n-drop file by file or just run it for a full synchronization.
http://tinyapps.org/docs/ftp.html
That said, it sounds like this app would make the job a lot easier.
It sounds useful. I will try it then.