ftp zip / unzip

bubbles · Post by **bubbles** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:33 pm

Hi, I need to sync a lot of files over a lot of different web sites.
To reduce bandwidth, is there any way to upload a zip or tar or gzip file and then have Robotask unpack this on the server (assume unix / linux server) ?

Thanks, T

Post by **Oleg** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:20 am

In order to reduce the bandwidth you have to do the following
1. Pack files locally
2. Upload to remote server
3. At last, unpack archives on remote server LOCALLY ON SERVER. I.e. you must have some utility on remote server which will unpack received files locally on server.

RoboTask is a Windows utility. Thus you can do steps 1 and 2 with RoboTask.

bubbles · Post by **bubbles** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:28 am

OK .. I shall write a small PHP script to upload, execute and then delete after the unpack ...
Another similar question, regards the same server(s) ... is there a way to CHMOD files and folders using Robotask?
Thanks, T

Post by **Oleg** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:39 am

Try to use "FTP Command" action.
There you may send any allowed commands.