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Subject:    Re: [Quanta] diff/patch over ftp?
From:       "Anthony Ettinger" <anthony () chovy ! com>
Date:       2006-09-15 18:42:35
Message-ID: 3fc6b2fb0609151142m6f5886b9r9908559d3a099b69 () mail ! gmail ! com
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I noticed gftp has a "Compare Windows" feature under Tools. This highlights
the differences in file sizes. which is a quick way of knowing which files
have changed.



On 9/15/06, Mark A. Taff <marktaff@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> On Friday 15 September 2006 10:51, Anthony Ettinger wrote:
> > I have a project that requires me to use ftp. Is there a way to see a
> diff
> > between files prior to uploading and downloading them?
>
> Not really.  The data from the two files has to get to the same place
> first.
> The closest you can get is the rsync algorithm, which will transfer only
> the
> changed portions.
>
> The command line program lftp has a built in mirror command that uses said
> algorithm. I use it in a script to maintain a mirror and dated backups of
> all
> my live sites.
>
> HTH
>
> Mark
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I noticed gftp has a &quot;Compare Windows&quot; feature under Tools. This highlights \
the differences in file sizes. which is a quick way of knowing which files have \
changed.<br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/15/06,  <b \
class="gmail_sendername">Mark A. Taff</b> &lt;<a \
href="mailto:marktaff@comcast.net">marktaff@comcast.net</a>&gt; \
wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, \
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Friday 15 September \
2006 10:51, Anthony Ettinger wrote:<br>&gt; I have a project that requires me to use \
ftp. Is there a way to see a diff<br>&gt; between files prior to uploading and \
downloading them?<br><br>Not really.&nbsp;&nbsp;The data from the two files has to \
get to the same place first. <br>The closest you can get is the rsync algorithm, \
which will transfer only the<br>changed portions.<br><br>The command line program \
lftp has a built in mirror command that uses said<br>algorithm. I use it in a script \
to maintain a mirror and dated backups of all <br>my live \
sites.<br><br>HTH<br><br>Mark<br>_______________________________________________<br>Quanta \
mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Quanta@mail.kde.org">Quanta@mail.kde.org</a><br><a \
href="https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/quanta"> \
https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/quanta</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br \
clear="all"><br>-- <br>Anthony Ettinger<br>phone: 408-656-2473<br>resume: <a \
href="http://chovy.dyndns.org/resume.html">http://chovy.dyndns.org/resume.html \
</a><br>Currently available for freelance projects<br>blog: <a \
href="http://www.chovy.com">http://www.chovy.com</a>



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