I'm trying to backup up my website using wget.

wget -mirror -w 3 -p -P $HOME/MyWebBak [url]ftp://username:password@ftp.mydomain.com[/u
rl]

This produces $HOME/MyWebBak/index.html very quickly - too quickly.

When I point my browser to $HOME/MyWebBak/index.html, it appears to be
a mirror immage of my website filesystem, but the files have no
content.

Is wget the tool I should be using for a modest ( <5GB) website?

If yes, what should my command line be?

If no, what OSS software should I turn to (using OpenSUSE 10.2, KDE)?

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droid wrote:

> Is wget the tool I should be using for a modest ( <5GB) website?

Ssh access ("scp -r ...." or "ssh ${remote} tar ...") would certainly
be preferable, but I know that not all web service providers accomodate
Ssh access.

If you're backing up by recursive ftp, I think you'll probably have
better success with ncftp ("ncftpget", specifically).

I hope that helps ...

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On Nov 5, 12:29 pm, Sylvain Robitaille <s...@alcor.concordia.ca>
wrote:
> droid wrote: 
>
> Ssh access ("scp -r ...." or "ssh ${remote} tar ...") would certainly
> be preferable, but I know that not all web service providers accomodate
> Ssh access.
>
> If you're backing up by recursive ftp, I think you'll probably have
> better success with ncftp ("ncftpget", specifically).
>
> I hope that helps ...
>

GoDaddy doesn't permit ssh on shared hosted accounts.  Also, if I ftp
in with Konqueror and try to copy a directory (I assume it uses
mget) ,
it stops with a "too many connections" error.

I hadn't heard of ncftp, I'll have a look at it.   Many sources advise
wget,
but I'm sure I'm not using it right.

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On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:45:13 -0000, droid <jshowalter@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> GoDaddy doesn't permit ssh on shared hosted accounts.  Also, if I ftp
> in with Konqueror and try to copy a directory (I assume it uses
> mget) ,
> it stops with a "too many connections" error.

I had that problem with dotster, switched over to dreamhost.  If you
want a discount I can send you a referral code.

> I hadn't heard of ncftp, I'll have a look at it.   Many sources advise
> wget,
> but I'm sure I'm not using it right.

didn't read the whole thread but, did you try wget -r ?

Dave

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In comp.unix.admin Dave Hinz <DaveHinz@gmail.com>:
> On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:45:13 -0000, droid <jshowalter@gmail.com> wrote:
 
[vbcol=seagreen]
> I had that problem with dotster, switched over to dreamhost.  If you
> want a discount I can send you a referral code.
 
[vbcol=seagreen]
> didn't read the whole thread but, did you try wget -r ?

w3mir and lftp also have excellent http mirror capabilities.

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Dave Hinz wrote:
>
> I had that problem with dotster, switched over to dreamhost.  If you
> want a discount I can send you a referral code.
>

Please do.  I checked them out at http://www.dreamhost.com/hosting.html
and they sound awesome!

>
> didn't read the whole thread but, did you try wget -r ?
>

Yes, it seems to be working fine with -r.  But everyone is advising
against wget, recommending ncft (or ncftpget), w3mir, lftp and FTPsync
instead.


droid
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