...to move all your files on one host to another host?


Besides downloading all your files?!

I got a vbulletin, Ikonboard and a Ultimate Bulletin Board on my site and it would take forever downloading as I got lots of posts and members.


Thank you.

What files are you talkin'bout?

Aren't these board thingys database driven? So the database is _one_ file, basically, right?

If so, there's usually a command to create (dump) an SQL file which, when executed on a new host, recreates your entire database including all content.

However, I never ran a bulletin board myself...

Originally posted by Ray Web
...to move all your files on one host to another host?


Besides downloading all your files?!

You can either use the ftp funtion from your new host's server (ftp to your old host while logged in via telnet/ssh to your new one and just download like that), or use flashfxp. Flash FXP is a program that lets you log into two different hosts and transfer files between the two. Look into it if you haven't already. :)

Hope that helps!

If you have telnet access on both hosts, you can login to your old host, and tar everything up. This would do the trick:

tar cvfz my_site.tar.gz /home/username/

Then you would want to FTP it directly to the new server.

ftp newserver.com
bi
send my_site.tar.gz

You can then login to the new server via telnet and type

tar xvfz my_site.tar.gz

It will then extract the contents of the tarball you made on your old server. An easy and quick way to move your files without downloading them to your own computer. :)