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Posted by shimmyshack on 05/14/07 00:30
On May 13, 11:27 pm, a...@spamcop.net (axlq) wrote:
> In article <1179089807.470490.226...@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
>
> shimmyshack <matt.fa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >what control have you got over the server. Any large backup will take
> >CPU time, and memory. If you had cron access I would suggest using
> >zip.
> >You might be able to find out what functions are on your system, and
> >use on of them to recursively zip up a website.
>
> >for instance try
> ><?php
> >$files = file_get_contents('tobezipped.txt');
> >system('minizip -o -9 pdfs.zip '.$files);
> >exit();
> >?>
> >where tobezipped.txt is a space separated list of double quoted files.
>
> Good idea. Even better would be in that system() call:
>
> system('nice -10 minizip -o -9 pdfs.zip '.$files);
>
> The 'nice' command causes the task to be run in 'nice' mode at
> a lower priority so that it doesn't interfere with other more
> important functions being performed by the server.
>
> Appending ' &' to the command may also force it to run in the
> background so your php script doesn't have to wait for it to
> complete:
> system('nice -10 minizip -o -9 pdfs.zip '.$files.' &');
> ...but I am unsure if that will work.
>
> -A
I suppose it might be worth mentioning the old fashioned way - good
old FTP.
Filezilla running at your house with a cron job to go fetch
everything.
PHP running at your house with a cron to start your custom script up
and use ftp to grab everything.
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