Fast copy of files

[drgarytraub]

I use Logmein Pro - it copies very fast, but it is expensive. I am looking for recommendations.

[madtowng]

I use ssh/rdp combination.
It works as fast as your computer/internet will allow.

[WayneH]

I use RDP and a combo of tools depending on size to get to AWS.
what are you looking to do?

[drgarytraub]

In a folder with many, many files, I want to copy those files to another computer, only copying files that have changed. Logmein does this very well, but I am looking for alternatives

[madtowng]

Why not use AA to copy the recently modified files to a fresh folder, then copy the files from the fresh folder ?

[drgarytraub]

That sounds very clever! Would you use file.copy2? I am having some trouble with the syntax.

This works:
flag = FILE.copy2("c:\a5webroot\notes"+chr(92)+"1.txt","c:\webrootcopy"+chr(92)+"1.txt",.t.)

But this does not:
flag = FILE.copy2("c:\a5webroot\notes"+chr(92)+"*.txt","c:\webrootcopy"+chr(92)+"*.txt",.t.)

[madtowng]

I would use filefind.get or filefind.get_recurse to generate the list of files to copy.
Once you have that list, there's no reason for wild cards in your copy statement.

[drgarytraub]

I do not see a setting that will allow me to grab just the files that have changed. What am I missing?

[madtowng]

format character T is the last time the file was updated.
The code below is not tested, but shouldn't need too much tweaking to work.

dim copyThese as C
dim fileDir as C = "c:\a5webroot\notes"
copyThese = FILEFIND.get_recurse(doc_dir, "*.txt", FILE_FIND_NORMAL+FILE_FIND_NOT_DIRECTORY, "P|N|T" + crlf())

[mikeallenbrown]

Trying to read between the lines here so correct me if I am wrong: You're wanting to publish from your personal/local computer to an AWS server. Is that right?

[Steve Workings]

OneDrive is a good option

[drgarytraub]

Mike,

Yes

[mikeallenbrown]

I used to publish this way (more on how I do it now below) and when I did I just used RDP. Using Windows' File Explorer I navigated to the A5Webroot and simply copies the files over. Didn't take long at all. Another option, similar to Steve's suggestion, is Google Drive. Copy your local files to Google Drive, get on the AWS server, copy from Google Drive to the folder.

Now, each of my clients have their own IDE's. I setup an AWS LightSail server and network it to Alpha's server. Now I do all developing on the lightsail and can publish directly to production. Lightsail costs the client $40 a month. Makes things simpler for me.

[drgarytraub]

I have been staring at the recurse method and I cannot figure it out. How would I specify that I only want files that have changed (how do I use the T parameter to specify this)?

This is what I have thus far:
dim copyThese as C
dim fileDir as C = "c:\a5webroot\notes"
copyThese = FILEFIND.get_recurse(fileDir, "*.*", FILE_FIND_NORMAL+FILE_FIND_NOT_DIRECTORY, "P|N|T" + "<br>") 'crlf())
?copyThese

Also, I do NOT want any files from subfolders, just the notes folder

[drgarytraub]

The other suggestions are certainly useful, but what matters most to me with this is the ability to capture only the files that have changed.