Duplicating files on FTP server?
Discussion
I deal with large files on my FTP host (50-100MB) on a 512k outbound connection. It takes ages to upload these files, but I can live with this.
Due to the nature of my work and the way I distribute these files to different people, I need to have copies of the same file in different folders.
Does the FTP protocol allow me to duplicate files already on the server in some way, so that I don't have to upload the (large) file twice if I want it in two different directories? Server disk space is not a problem.
Due to the nature of my work and the way I distribute these files to different people, I need to have copies of the same file in different folders.
Does the FTP protocol allow me to duplicate files already on the server in some way, so that I don't have to upload the (large) file twice if I want it in two different directories? Server disk space is not a problem.
If they are the exact same files, do you have shell access to the server? If not do you have a control panel type app?
Assuming this is a *nix machine see if it can do symlinking, if so just drop symlinks in all the relevant directories that point to the original files; an FTP client will be none the wiser and will report the file size correctly.
Assuming this is a *nix machine see if it can do symlinking, if so just drop symlinks in all the relevant directories that point to the original files; an FTP client will be none the wiser and will report the file size correctly.
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