WebPublish User's Manual

Table of Contents

• WebPublish
• Introduction
• Installation
  • How to obtain WebPublish
  • Requirements
  • Compilation and installation
• Getting Started
  • Two modes of operation
    • Managing the WebPublish database
    • Using the WebPublish database
  • File and directory paths
  • Modifying WebPublish behavior
• WebPublish Accounts
  • Adding a new account
  • Changing an existing account
  • Removing an existing account
  • Listing accounts
• Excluding Publish Paths
  • Adding an excluded publish path
  • Removing an excluded publish path
  • Listing excluded publish paths
• Excluding Synch Paths
  • Adding an excluded synch path
  • Removing an excluded synch path
  • Listing excluded synch paths
• File Transfer Modes
  • Adding a file transfer mode
  • Changing a file transfer mode
  • Removing a file transfer mode
  • Listing file transfer modes
• Making Alterations
  • Adding a shell program
  • Changing a shell program
  • Removing a shell program
  • Listing shell programs
• Publishing a Website
  • Specifying files on the command Line
  • Publish qualifiers
  • Using publishing qualifiers
  • Using touch and find
• Synchronizing a Website
  • Synchronize qualifiers
  • Using synchronizing qualifiers
• A Trivial Example
• Reference
  • -h or -help
  • -v or -version
  • -V or -verbose
  • -f or -force
  • -prompt
  • -a or -account
  • -w or -website
  • -s or -server
  • -u or -user
  • -p or -password
  • -d or -directory
  • -e or -extension
  • -P or -path
  • -D or -depth
  • -F or -file
  • -add
  • -change
  • -remove
  • -list
  • -publish
  • -synchronize
• The changebase Source Code

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WebPublish

Copyright (C) 2002 by Padre Software.

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being "A GNU Manual," and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License."

(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: "You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development."

WebPublish is a command line utility for the GNU operating system that can be used to publish a local copy of a website to one or more remote servers using File Transfer Protocol (FTP). WebPublish will only transfer the files and directories that have been added or changed in the local copy of the website. Furthermore, WebPublish will remove the files and directories from the server(s) that are no longer a part of the local copy of a website.

• Introduction: An introduction to WebPublish.

• Installation: Obtaining and installing WebPublish.

• Getting Started: Getting started with WebPublish.

• WebPublish Accounts: Managing WebPublish accounts.

• Excluding Publish Paths: Excluding files and directories from being transferred to the server.

• Excluding Synch Paths: Excluding files and directories from being removed from the server.

• File Transfer Modes: Setting file transfer modes.

• Making Alterations: Altering files that are about to be transferred to a server.

• Publishing a Website: Publishing all or part of a website.

• Synchronizing a Website: Synchronizing all or part of a webiste.

• A Trivial Example: An example website.

• Reference: Command line option reference.

• The changebase Source Code: The example program used to alter transferred files.