Moving a site from one host to another. How ?
 

How to move a site without having to upload everything from HD ?

My host moved mine for me. They even helped make sure all of my scripts were running.

Most hosts will do it for you.

If not go into SSH gzip it i believe. Then download then upload to new box then g unzip

anyone knows the FTP commands ?

any way to download straight to a new host ? whithout having to download to HD ?

You might be able to use that flash fxp ftp program to transfer from 1 ftp to the other.

flashfxp ya. or i just go into my dedicated tar it up and ftp the tarball.

unix commands via SSH you need. Not ftp.

do this:

tar czf files.tar.gz foldyouwanttomove

then, on the new host, do:

scp [email protected]:/path/to/fils.tar.gz .

the tar xzf files.tar.gz

boom, yer done

ok thanks, i'm gonna try your suggestions

use wget

just installed Flash FXP.
so, how to do it ? :)

If both severs suport it,


See: theres it looks like a split ftp program in 2...


enter you pass/login on one side and do the same for the other.


log into both sites ... select all the folders and upload. :)

i installed it on my Win XP.
right ?

You still need help? What are the os if you do and I will help.

Will that still work if you have like 80 gigs of files to move?

If that's your OS (operating system) yes.


Click on the program to load it up, and follow those steps. :)

Sure why not? I'll be faster too. (but depends on how fast the upload/download the servers are).

if u need help, hit me up

Can you estimate how long it will take?

Lets say both servers preform average speed wise

Ill do it for you, hit me up on AIM: NJesterIII
or ICQ: 64791506
or MSN: [email protected]

easy if you wanna do it yourself, no need to tar the files as SCP has a compression mode that compresses on the sending end and decompresses on the receiveing end....

cd /home/yourdirectory
scp -Cpr * yourusername@yournewhostipordomain:/path/to/destination/directory
Once it starts going, press ctrl-z then type BG to put it in the background that way if you get disconnected from SSH your transfer keeps running on the server even though you have disconnected.

Oh and just in case, if you have not picked a new host yet.... see sig. :-)

Ok, I got it.

Thanks everyone :thumbsup