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I am trying to deploy a WordPress website from a test server to a production server. wget seems to be an efficient solution for transferring lots of files between 2 servers via FTP.

I connect to the target server, go to the /var/www folder, and I type :

wget -r ftp://fred:password@ftp.myserver.com/mywebsite/

I runs 2 minutes and then states that 2312 files have been transferred. Well, but Filezilla would find over 5000 files ! At first, I notice that the .htaccess file was ignored.

How does it come not all files have been handled by wget?

How can I specify that I need all the files to be transferred?

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  • are you sure merely .htaccess was ignored ? moreover, all hidden files was ignored ?
    – Rahul
    May 12, 2016 at 5:53
  • Because you aren't allowed to access them... Also use ftp to ftp things.
    – 123
    May 12, 2016 at 7:04
  • I am sure about .htaccess, I'll check for the other files ...
    – user1185081
    May 12, 2016 at 7:04
  • To 123, actually, I can access all the files using FileZilla with the same credentials.
    – user1185081
    May 12, 2016 at 7:06
  • Have you tried Curl is more about streams and wget is more about copying
    – AReddy
    May 12, 2016 at 11:52

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The default recursion depth limit in wget is 5. This is primarily meant for the web where a large recursion is often a mistake, but the default also applies to FTP. Large recursion could also be a problem with FTP if the server has upward-pointing symbolic links.

To make a complete mirror, pass -l -1 to make the recursion unlimited, or better, pass the --mirror option.

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  • wget -m works fine for mirroring (deploying) my website. I initially thought that .htaccess was ignored, but ls -all revealed the hidden file.
    – user1185081
    May 13, 2016 at 14:28

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