Working with a slow connection

Question

Hi all,

I'm working with Textmate and Transmit.

I work locally and sync with the server every now and then.

At the moment I'm doing this by myself, it's slow and takes some time.

What are the best ways to sync between servers?

Also, is it possible to archive the directory and unpack it at the server? This would be so much faster...

Thanks!

Answer 1

What are the best ways to sync between servers?

rsync? It's pretty much designed to do that exact task (syncing changes between files) and comes standard on most *nix OSes (including Mac OS X).

Answer 2

If you have, or could obtain, ssh access you could use something like SSHFS with MacFUSE

This would let you remote mount the server filesystem though Finder, as if it were local, but only using a ssh secure shell remote login.

Answer 3

Option 1

rsync --help

Option 2

Get an editor which is able to work with remote files.

Option 3

Mount remote directory and use your favorite editor.

Answer 4

Yummy FTP is for Mac and much faster than Transmit. It's the best you can get if you have only a FTP connection.