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Instead add FTP version control support with the ability to create backup files.
by IgorPartola 4y ago
Instead add FTP version control support with the ability to create backup files.
- colonelpopcorn 4y agosource.php.old.ReallyOld.bak.thistimeitsold.old
- IgorPartola 4y agoExactly. When it is a small change, just comment it out. But when it’s a large change, create a .old.backup.2013-12-07.dontdelete.
- m4tthumphrey 4y agosource.php_newnewnew
- rezonant 4y agoI wonder how much PHP source code is publically reachable out on the Internet because people would do this without realizing that modphp wouldn't treat it like a PHP file anymore, so an HTTP request to it would cause it to dump the file's source code.
- mattl 4y agoindex.php~ for anyone using Emacs
- snickerbockers 4y agoi'm still angry at mozilla and google for deprecating that, being able to set up a simple anonymous FTP server and send normies a link to it that they can open in their browsers was really convenient. Now if I want to use FTP i have to explain to them that they have to copy it into the windows file explorer or download filezilla.
- Aachen 4y agoI didn't even use it all that often but, yes, I also feel like this was useful to have. Every now and again I come across an ftp site that I now have to copy into a dedicated program instead.
- haileys 4y agoWhy not an HTTP server with a directory index? FTP is a pretty clunky protocol: it's round-trip heavy, not friendly to NAT on the client-side when you don't use PASV, not friendly to firewalls on the server-side when you do. I'm not sure what benefits there are to it these days.
- spydum 4y agoFtp is dead, just enterprise and mid level companies won't let go. It boggles the mind why it has persisted so long.
- eppp 4y agoThere is tons of old crappy software that cannot understand anything else, so it persists. Like fax machines.
- Geezus-42 4y agoThough I typically use rsync these days, FTP can be useful for copying files to and from a Linux server when the client is a Windows machine.
- Kim_Bruning 4y agoRecent windows versions natively support ssh, scp, sftp on the command line.
- LilBytes 4y agoThe types of companies that use Windows will atypically take a long time to get on a modern version for their stack. Desktop fleet withstanding.