# FTP Sync Files in Folder on Change

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ftp-sync-files-in-folder-on-change/269174>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [August 23, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ftp-sync-files-in-folder-on-change/269174 "2008-08-23T22:44:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Templarian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/templarian/32/7152_2.png) [@Templarian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Templarian)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ftp-sync-files-in-folder-on-change/269174/1 "2008-08-23T22:44:31Z")

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OS: Vista  
Protocol: FTP [whisper]jeff, I don’t care :lol:[/whisper]

I’ve been using WinSCP, but it doesn’t do exactly what I want. With it I edit the files off the server and it saves them to the server when I save.

What I want is that any file in a folder is changed its updated through FTP to the server.

Hopefully someone knows of a good stable app (winscp also locked up on me).

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ftp-sync-files-in-folder-on-change/269174/2 "2008-08-23T22:46:35Z")

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Mount the remote disk via something like sshfs and just edit the files?

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**Author:** ![Templarian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/templarian/32/7152_2.png) [@Templarian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Templarian)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ftp-sync-files-in-folder-on-change/269174/3 "2008-08-23T22:49:50Z")

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^That looks perfect, but I can’t find a good windows version that is free.

//edit yea still can’t find a nice app.

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ftp-sync-files-in-folder-on-change/269174/4 "2008-08-23T22:56:06Z")

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Oh yeah … Vista. 😛

I think it might be possible to run it under Cygwin. [SftpDrive](http://www.magnetk.com/sftpdrive/) is the (paid) alternative. SFTP just uses SSH, so you don’t need _SFTP access_, just _SSH access_, which every server comes with.

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**Author:** ![Templarian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/templarian/32/7152_2.png) [@Templarian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Templarian)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ftp-sync-files-in-folder-on-change/269174/5 "2008-08-23T22:59:47Z")

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^Yea, I’m going to use SftpDrive I’ll just delay finding an app till later.

Wow this app is really nice I think I’m just going to purchase it.