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File Management
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In addition to using the web based File manager, SourceForge also provides access to various filesystems using the ssh protocol suite for securely managing content for your project using SCP, SFTP, and rsync.
Authentication and Server Hostnames
- Username: your login username
- Password: your SourceForge password. Alternatively, you may also use [SSH Keys].
- Hostname:
web.sourceforge.netorfrs.sourceforge.net(these are alias to the same server) - Port: 22
The first time you connect to web.sourceforge.net or frs.sourceforge.net you will be prompted to check the SSH Key Fingerprints, to check these, please see the following SSH Host Key Fingerprints list.
Access paths
For the following paths, replace PROJECTNAME with your project's URL name, and replace USERNAME with your login username.
- File Release System:
/home/frs/PROJECTNAME/ - Project Home Directory:
/home/project-web/PROJECTNAME/ - Project web:
/home/project-web/PROJECTNAME/htdocs/and/home/project-web/PROJECTNAME/cgi-bin/ - Developer web:
/home/user-web/USERNAME/htdocs/and/home/user-web/USERNAME/cgi-bin/
Note: In many cases, intermediate directories will appear empty (eg., /home/project-web/ ), but their contents are simply hidden. You want to use the full path as indicated above.
Common SFTP Clients
- sftp, a command-line client included in OpenSSH, available on Mac OS X, Linux, and BSD natively; and on MS Windows through Cygwin.
- psftp, a command-line client included in PuTTY, available for MS Windows.
- WinSCP, a graphical client available for MS Windows.
- Filezilla, a graphical client available for MS Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
Common SCP Clients
- scp: a command-line client included in OpenSSH, available on Mac OS X, Linux, and BSD natively; and on MS Windows through Cygwin.
- pscp: a command-line client included in PuTTY, available for MS Windows.
- WinSCP: a graphical client available for MS Windows.
rsync over SSH
rsync is a tool that provides fast, efficient file transfers. rsync is available for all major OS platforms; it is natively included on Linux, Mac OS X and BSD, and is available for MS Windows users through Cygwin. rsync can be run in conjunction with SSH for secure, encrypted file transfers. rsync supports resume of failed transfers, a life-saver on large file transfers. The versatility of rsync is unequaled -- it provides a vast array of options to help you customize your file transfer operation to meet your exact needs.
Example sessions
Uploading a file release using the command line scp client
An example session might look like (where Username="jsmith", Project URL name="fooproject", Release dir is "Rel_1"):
[jsmith@linux ~]$ scp FILE jsmitht@frs.sourceforge.net:/home/frs/project/fooproject/Rel_1
Connecting to frs.sourceforge.net...
The authenticity of host 'frs.sourceforge.net (216.34.181.57)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is 68:b3:26:02:a0:07:e4:78:d4:ec:7f:2f:6a:4d:32:c5.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added 'frs.sourceforge.net,216.34.181.57' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
jsmith@frs.sourceforge.net's password:
FILE 100% 241 0.2KB/s 00:01
Uploading Project web content using rsync
An example session might look like (where Username="jsmith", Project URL name="fooproject"):
$ rsync -avP -e ssh site/ jsmith@web.sourceforge.net:/home/project-web/fooproject/htdocs/
building file list ...
4 files to consider
./
image1.png
73342 100% 38.69MB/s 0:00:00 (xfer#1, to-check=2/4)
image2.png
34694 100% 33.09MB/s 0:00:00 (xfer#2, to-check=1/4)
index.php
50 100% 4.07kB/s 0:00:00 (xfer#3, to-check=0/4)
sent 108369 bytes received 92 bytes 5862.76 bytes/sec
total size is 108086 speedup is 1.00
$
