linux ftp directory to sync to windows box

[no2broady]

Hello everyone,

Basically I have a Linux/Unix based web/ftp server, I really need a solution for an automatic way of synchronizing the ftp directory. I know about Samba, but I need to sync this directory to a windows box during the night. I have about 50 users that use this server for dumping files via ftp. I basically need to download these every night and then I can use scripts here to manage the files.

Has anyone done anything like this before?

Thanks

JB

 

[donkeyhote]

Read up on cron enables you to run specific commands or scripts at scheduled times / days etc.

 

[thedaver]

I would recommend you consider "xxcopy" by PixeLab.

http://www.xxcopy.com/

You'd run it as a job on your Windows server.

With the correct command line parameters, you can tell xxcopy to copy updated and/or new files from your source to a remote destination folder. You can optionally delete files from one or the other once the "transaction" is verified. For instance, if you wanted to make the destination a perfect sync of the source, you'd want unmatched folders/files on the source (from a prior sync) to be purged.

I use it for Windows-to-Windows scheduled syncs, but I know you can use it Windows-to-Samba too.



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