Dropbox + Your Web Host can be Friends
Your web host won't let you install Dropbox on their server?That's OK.
Don't want to go through the hassle of compiling Dropbox?
That's OK, too.As long as you were smart enough to choose a web host that allows SSH, I've thought up an easy/lazy way to do this! From your local machine:rsync -e ssh -av yourusername@webhostserver.com:~/ Dropbox/Type your password when prompted then sit back and watch.
(This assumes that the folder you are in on your local computer has a Dropbox folder and that the files you want to back up are in your home folder on your web hosts' server.) Holler at brie@unixsysadmin.org or http://www.unixsysadmin.org/contact.html with your thoughts.
About Me
Brie GordonI'm Brie, a 22 year-old graduate of Slippery Rock University's Computer Science department. My interests include Linux (generally and Ubuntu), networking, BSD-style operating systems including my own, BrieSD, translating English-Spanish-English for open source projects and LAMP configuration. Aside from that, I enjoy photography, making short films and soccer.
Posterous is one of my favorite new(ish) web sites!
brie@briegordon.com
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