Wanted: FTP client that copies only changed files

P

Pete

I'm looking for an FTP client that will allow me to upload to my web
site only those files that have changed according to the file's archive
flag, and then clear the archive flag after the upload.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks, Peter
 
M

Mark Carter

Pete said:
I'm looking for an FTP client that will allow me to upload to my web
site only those files that have changed according to the file's archive
flag, and then clear the archive flag after the upload.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Not sure about the archive flag, but I use SyncBack, which does FTP and
can upload based on modification time. I use it to sync to my website.
http://www.2brightsparks.com/
"Welcome to the help and information guide of the freeware version of
SyncBack. SyncBack is used to back-up, restore, and synchronise files
and directories, whether they be on a local drive, a network drive, an
FTP server, a ZIP archive, or on removable media."

You may have to dig through the site to find out where the free version
exists, assuming it still does.
 
L

Livewire

Not sure about the archive flag, but I use SyncBack, which does FTP and
can upload based on modification time. I use it to sync to my website.
http://www.2brightsparks.com/
"Welcome to the help and information guide of the freeware version of
SyncBack. SyncBack is used to back-up, restore, and synchronise files
and directories, whether they be on a local drive, a network drive, an
FTP server, a ZIP archive, or on removable media."

You may have to dig through the site to find out where the free version
exists, assuming it still does.

It does still exist

http://www.2brightsparks.com/downloads.html#freeware
 
A

Al Klein

Not sure about the archive flag, but I use SyncBack, which does FTP and
can upload based on modification time.

Modification time on most servers is upload time, which may not be
when the file was actually modified.
 
G

Guy

Pete said:
I'm looking for an FTP client that will allow me to upload to my
web site only those files that have changed according to the
file's archive flag, and then clear the archive flag after the
upload.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

You should have the tools already; batch using Xcopy + FTP + Attrib.
 
P

Pete

Mark said:
Not sure about the archive flag, but I use SyncBack, which does FTP and
can upload based on modification time.

As far as I've been able to tell, SyncBack can't be configured to copy
files based only on the archive flag. The file modification time on my
FTP server is always set to the upload time, so it isn't possible to use
that method.

Thanks, Peter
 

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