proskater123 Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 I am looking for an ftp program that when it uploads a file, it appends the file name with the date. I need it to be automated because I want to do backups from a windows 2003 server. I am backing up files to a centos server. I was going to build it all in a batch script but I have an issue zipping the file will appending the date and then uploading it. So after a couple hours of work I am just going to try and use a prebuilt program. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combatwombat27 Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 It would be easier to get the program you either use or designed to save the date in the file name. Windows has a built in ftp client you can use via the cmd line or a bash script. You could use one script to do the backup, zip/rar it up, and ftp it to your serv. Magics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Upload the files, use a proper version control system for the version-ing (I would recommend git). This does introduce some problems for e.g. removing super old versions could become a bit tricky. Regardless of these problems, I would strongly recommend looking at an existing version control system rather than making your own that's potentially not going to be as good in the long run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singh763173 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Use BackupAssist and RSync your data over to your centos box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
int0x80 Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 +1 on the version control recommendation by Sparda. You can use an encrypted channel with SCP and a key on Windows. It's my preference at least as opposed to FTP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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