Compare FTP directory against local folders with Compare Suite solution
The growth of the Internet is unstoppable. The Internet keeps rapidly developing and we cannot even imagine what the internet will look like in 10 year, because 10 years ago very few people could imagine what the Internet would turn into now. Originally, the main function of the Internet was share and exchange of information. Volumes of information have increased by thousand times. Manual share of information may take days or even weeks. We could hardly imagine that one movie file would have the size of over 20 GB. Now, this is reality.
As a rule information is uploaded to remote ftp servers from local disk of personal computers. Sometimes it is extremely inefficient to replace all files and folders to update ftp server. This is where comparison of ftp folders against local hard drives proves to be helpful.
Using Compare Suite from AKS-LABS you will easily compare folders stored at you local hard disc and folders located at remote ftp server.
So, in what way can Compare Suite help you perform comparison of files stored on ftp folder and your PC? Imagine that you have to update files at remote ftp server. It is not reasonable to download all folders, manually track differences in files comparing them to ones stored at your PC, and then upload the files to ftp server.
Compare FTP directory against local files with Compare Suite
Compare Suite will easily compare FTP directory against local folders
Basically, you should do the following. First, you should connect to remote ftp server. Using Compare Suite you should choose folder comparison mode and then go to File-Open from FTP. Make sure you have all ftp server details like its address, username, password, path, port etc. You can check connectivity to server before you perform the comparison. You will have the right side of the panel for the folder on your local drive to be compared.
Compare Suite will then suggest which files are the same and which of them have differences. It will indicate newer and older files. This will give you an opportunity to select files to be updated on your ftp server. In such a way you do not have to copy the entire directory which size may exceed tens of gigabytes.
Webmaster would certainly appreciate such function of Compare Suite. Can you imagine how much time you can save with this solution? Moreover, you can then choose Synchronize folders option. Compare Suite will automatically replace older files with newer ones. Besides, you can set synchronization options and open files for manual synchronization.
