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[Heriberto Torrado]

You can use Unison:

https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/

I use it to synchronize several servers between them.
It works like a Charm.


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On 7/12/20 2:30 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote:
> Bill Prothero wrote:
> > Sorry if this is off, but what about just transferring them with ftp?
>
> FTP is good enough for a small number of files.  But for automating 
> large numbers of file transfers rsync is hard to beat, a much smarter 
> tool making things much more efficient.
>
> By default, rsync will only transfer files that have changed, and even 
> then only transfers the portions of a file that's changed.
>
> It can be used to sync folders locally or remotely - I run all my 
> backups with it, in addition to using it post files to servers from my 
> local master copy.
>
> rsync is preinstalled with macOS, can be added to Windows, and is a 
> standard part of most popular Linux distros used on servers.
>
> It's secure using SSH, so if you add your SSH public key to your 
> server (useful for a good many things) you not only get good security 
> but it makes it easy to automate with LiveCode's shell function.
>
>
> @Michael Doub: I believe HostM uses Ubuntu, so rsync is preinstalled 
> there.  And since you use macOS, your copy is preinstalled on your Mac.
>
> IMNSHO, you'll want to request SSH for any hosting service that 
> doesn't offer it by default.  With SSH, not only do you get to use 
> standard Unix/Linux utilities like rsync, scp, and others, but sooner 
> or later you're likely to need or want to do something on that server 
> outside of the limited scope of what FTP is designed for.  With shell 
> access you can do anything you need, just as good as having the server 
> sitting on your desk, even if it's thousands of miles away.
>

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