Backing Up My Site. New To Ftp

notthecops

2005-12-04 02:59:40

Hi all. Sorry if this seems like an extremely novice question, but I feel like I should know this. And I don't! lol
I want to back-up my entire website. If I use the 'Download" function in Smart FTP, will it remove the files from my site? Is this the best way to back it up?
Sorry, I've never needed to use a seperate FTP client, as my old server used to supply one. But my new one doesn't. SO I'm sure you'll be seeing allot more of me! lol
Lex

eyebex

2005-12-04 11:34:57

"Download" won't remove the files from your site, it will just copy them to your local disk. If you download a folder, all contained files and sub-folders will be downloaded, too. So in oder to backup your site you just need to download the top-level folder.

notthecops

2005-12-04 13:48:18

"Download" won't remove the files from your site, it will just copy them to your local disk. If you download a folder, all contained files and sub-folders will be downloaded, too. So in oder to backup your site you just need to download the top-level folder.

Great! Thakns allot!