is there any way to copy a file directly from the net to my webserver?

[vshah]

is this possible? cause if so, i could help host lots of things like top gear...but im on slow @ss connections so its otherwise impossible 🙁

tia,
Vivan

 

[dabuddha]

Depends where you're copying from. You could always use something like FlashFXP if it's a ftp server you're getting it from.

 

[vshah]

unfortunately not ftp to ftp....

http://frogfile.is.tcu.edu/~djewett1/2004.12.05.avi

if i could get that copied directly for example...

is there some software i can install on the server and access through the web that might do this?

 

[vshah]

polite bump 🙂

 

[jarfykk]

http://www.linomasoftware.com/...sfertypes/FTP2FTP.html

Maybe what you're looking for?

 

[vshah]

Originally posted by: jarfykk
http://www.linomasoftware.com/...sfertypes/FTP2FTP.html

Maybe what you're looking for?

not quite....that does ftp 2 ftp, not an http address to ftp.

the way i see it, i don't think its possible to do from a client machine. it would have to be software installed on one of the two servers for it to be possible....

hmmm 🙁

 

[HardcoreRobot]

if you have shell access to your web server, you can just do a simple command line get http://www.... and it will dl the file from the external site to your webserver

 

[vshah]

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
if you have shell access to your web server, you can just do a simple command line get http://www.... and it will dl the file from the external site to your webserver

aha... shell access i do have.....i was thinking something like this, but i can't try it from work...will try when i get home! thanks guys...


-Vivan

 

[whoiswes]

yeah, shell access - wget http://www.blahblahblah.com/blah/blah.mpg

works like a charm, and the high speed links mean that it will take seconds - i used to have to transfer ~20MB files back and forth between web server accounts, and it would usually take about 3 or 4 seconds at the most...

 

[FoBoT]

if ftp is too complex for you, you might want to turn in your geek card

 

[rh71]

you could use ColdFusion's CFHTTP (works on binary files too) 😉 ... but what are the chances you can get CFServer on your box right ?

 

[vshah]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
if ftp is too complex for you, you might want to turn in your geek card

i only have control over one webserver...i.e. i can't ftp into the the server where the file i want is located....

 

[Zee]

is there a php or cgi script that does that?

 

[The Stigenator]

the miracle of wget.. mmmm

 

[FleshLight]

Download smart ftp. In the "Session Queue", press "insert" and copy/paste the web into the "file name" box.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: TheGoodGuy
the miracle of wget.. mmmm

wget is very cool tool, wish i had found it years ago

 

[bmetzger]

shell into a linux server running on oc-192 and wget a 700mb file really fast...that always fun to watch...

 

[tami]

if you have shell access on your ftp, use wget

 

[Anubis]

wget if you have shell access
if you dont have shell acces, keep looking adn then tell me how to do it cause i dont have shell access 🙁