FTP Client that can send files from a server to another?

Question

Hello,

I am currently using Filezilla FTP client to send data from my PC to the remote server.

I tried registering filezilla forums, but they don't accept any kind of emails upon registeration. (System is bugged I think)


Anyway, I want to change my current host, but I must transfer my files to the new server I will buy, the gameserver is linux, but I don't have any acess to the root files or something like that. I only have acess to GAMECP and I have a ftp link.

I need to move my files from my current server to the new one, can someone suggest me a FTP client that can manage this, or can someone explain me how to use this on filezilla? Because my net is pretty slow, and my upload is much more slower, so while Im sending my files, I'll use the server's uplink. Please sort this out for me.

So I don't want to download my files and upload my files to the new server, my upload speed is pretty crap. It would take years to upload them. I want the server to send the files, how can I do this? I need a FTP client, it MUST be free. Or simply explain how to use it on filezilla.

Is there a way to make the server send those files to the new server? Can't ask my host to do it, they won't.

I tried opening the new server on a different window and the old one in another and tried to drag the files, but it doesn't work.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

can you ssh into either server? If so you should just be able to run a client on one and transfer that way. If you can ssh into both, then I would recomend using rsync, which compresses the file while transferring and verifies the file checksum to make sure the transfer happened properly.

Answer 2

These are both Linux-based systems? And you have shell access to both? If so you're on to a winner because there are a number of ways of getting the files across.



FTP (not so good because the command-line client isn't always recursive)

SFTP (better but again, not always recursive)

Rsync (superb)



rsync is a great piece of software. It allows you to copy a tree of files and folders from one system to another. If the transfer gets interrupted it can be restarted at any point in the future (even after a reboot) and it'll pick up from where it left off. It uses ssh to transfer the data, so it's encrypted, too.



A typical invocation is like this, run on the source server:



rsync -avHP /path/to/source/files/ remoteuser@remotehost:/path/to/destination/files/





If you decide you need professional/commercial assistance with this please feel free to drop me a private message.

Answer 3

The actual protocol itself is just a set of rules which enable two computers to communicate with each other specifically for the purpose of transferring files.

Answer 4

that's just what you looking for

good luck