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I am on windows and my server is linux. I would like to grab files from the server automatically with a script. Maybe execute a bash script remotely as well but maybe i dont need that.

I need to connect securely and i would like some kind of password so not anyone can connect. I need to download files and i'd like to get every file in a set of folders. I do not want to download them again if they exist.

What is the easiest way to do this? i thought of creating a simple .NET site with data in App_Data (so it cant be reached from the outside) however i have a feeling an easier way exist. I'd like to do scp with a shell but i am on windows and also i am unsure how to iterate through folders and only get files that dont exist.

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That's a jumbled collection of vague ideas. The first thing you need to do is work out exactly what you are trying to achieve, then ask a clear question. – John Gardeniers Jul 13 '10 at 19:24
I got an answer that covered all of these 'ideas'. It was a great answer too. – acidzombie24 Jul 13 '10 at 19:45
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Try WinSCP yet? It's scriptable, pretty easy to use, and has plenty of documentation.

Or if you're more familiar with rsync, there's a verion of that for Windows too, called DeltaCopy.

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excellent, i have been using WinSCP. The scripting looks nice, i havent gone too much into it (i have code working in the console but havent put it in a script file). I notice when i sync my local copy if a file has been edit my local copy is changed. I am concerned if my server gets compromised and all my backups are corrupted this will carry the change to my local files. Is there a way to get files but not update existing files? – acidzombie24 Jul 13 '10 at 19:35
I figured it all out! nice! – acidzombie24 Jul 13 '10 at 19:43
For others, the commands i used are the below with call being available if i want to run scripts --> open user:pass@domain synchronize local C:\path\backup /path/backup -criteria=none exit – acidzombie24 Jul 13 '10 at 19:48
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FTP would work for this, but is not that secure.

A good alternative is to set up sftp.

Putty windows clients for file transfer: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

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I'd look at rsync or rsync over SSH to do that. There should be a port for Windows available. Rsync's algorithms are fast, and it won't duplicate data that already exists (only changing/copying changes so that for copies over a network, if you have, say, a 200 meg video and only a few meg had been edited, that few meg will get copied, not the whole thing).

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