how to retain dates when doing FTP transfer 1

[ajrandrup]

Hello,
I am trying to do an FTP from one server to another. Is there a way to retain the date from the source server to the new server? When I do an mget or mput, and I look at the transferred files in the target server, the time stamp is the time that I FTP'd the file.

Thanks,

 

[hoinz]

not that I know of;
this is from 'man ftp':

Although the protocol provides a lot of flexibility for transferring data,
it does not attempt to preserve file attributes that are specific to a par-
ticular file system (for example, the protection mode or modification times
of a file).

You may consider other ways of transmission like rcp or scp; those have a switch -p.
hope this helps

 

[PHV]

Or transfer a tarball.

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[stewm]

What if you zipped the files first? Would the file attributes be preserved withing the zip file?

If that doesn't work what if you mapped a network drive to both servers and dragged and dropped the files in Windows explorer.

Not sure but maybe some other options.

Mark Stewart
Senior Analyst
Consultants Club Corp.
Windsor, Ontario
Canada

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