FTP diff via script?

[Ed Greshko]

Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> On 6/8/06, Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com> wrote:
>> Arthur Pemberton wrote:
>> > Can anyone suggest how I would go about downloading an entire FTP tree
>> > (the easy part) then basically making diffs of it every day?
>> >
>> > I can do the scripting, just not sure what tools are out there, or
>> > what search terms to use.
>>
>> Why don't you just use "rsync"?
>>
> 
> Wasn't aware that rsync supported FTP, will have to checkup on that.

I didn't say it supported FTP....  It is a transfer mechanism on to
itself.  But, it does what I think you are asking.  It will only
transfer the bits that have changed.

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