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[Blueheaven]

I about 10 folders and files I would like to move onto another server, but the problem is that this directory also contains lots of other folders with lots of big files - about 30 gig,

Im unsure as to what to do as I cannot use the regular
rsync
scp
or tar -cvf files.tar /home/username/public_html/

unless there is an option to select the folder and files
and then transfer


example
Server 2 to server 1
home
--> username
-> public_html
->folder 1, folder 2, folder 3
but not folders widget, blue widget(5 gig), red widget (10 gig)
etc , etc

[datums]

scp -R folderthatyouwant user@server:/wheretomove/it/

[assistanz247]

Originally posted by Blueheaven
I about 10 folders and files I would like to move onto another server, but the problem is that this directory also contains lots of other folders with lots of big files - about 30 gig,

Im unsure as to what to do as I cannot use the regular
rsync
scp
or tar -cvf files.tar /home/username/public_html/

unless there is an option to select the folder and files
and then transfer


example
Server 2 to server 1
home
--> username
-> public_html
->folder 1, folder 2, folder 3
but not folders widget, blue widget(5 gig), red widget (10 gig)
etc , etc

Using Rsync is the fasted and best way of doing file transfer, you can use the following command to do that :

rsync -a -e ssh source/ username@remotemachine.com:/path/to/destination/

[Blueheaven]

thanks for the info but then i would have to run rsync 15 times
Is therer a way to create a tar such as

tar -cvf files.tar /home/username/public_html/

and then update the tar with the new folders and then transfer everything as one folder

[allvaluehosting]

If you are using WHM, it is best to use it in this case.

Best Regards,

[Lightwave]

Originally posted by Blueheaven
thanks for the info but then i would have to run rsync 15 times
Is therer a way to create a tar such as

tar -cvf files.tar /home/username/public_html/

and then update the tar with the new folders and then transfer everything as one folder

I'm not sure what you mean by "and then update the tar with the new folders and then transfer everything as one folder"

tar -cvf files.tar /directory1 /directory2 /directory3 /directory4

or something more specific (use regular expression matching to match the file types you want) like

tar -cvf files.tar /directory1/*.html /directory1/*.php /directory1/*.cgi /directory2 /directory3

works just peachy... ?