I have a web site that is hosted on a shared web hosting provider's site that runs on a Linux platform. Once in a while I'd like to log in via ftp and back up all the files to my computer. The issue is that Linux file system allows case-sensitive file and directory names, when Windows does not. So when using Windows Explorer in Windows 7, I log in using ftp and do select-all and then paste to a folder on my desktop, I get one big confusing result.
Let me show. For instance, the directories on the Linux server have this structure:
-Folder: file
--File: index.php
-Folder: File
--File: index.php
-Folder: FILE
--File: index.php
Then on my Windows 7 I get this:
-Folder: file
--File: index.php
--File: index(1).php
--File: index(2).php
-Folder: file(1)
--File: (It's empty)
-Folder: file(2)
--File: (It's empty)
As you see this is not what it was before.
So my question is -- how can I back up these files from the server to my Windows machine so that I can possibly restore them later without any issues?
Let me show. For instance, the directories on the Linux server have this structure:
-Folder: file
--File: index.php
-Folder: File
--File: index.php
-Folder: FILE
--File: index.php
Then on my Windows 7 I get this:
-Folder: file
--File: index.php
--File: index(1).php
--File: index(2).php
-Folder: file(1)
--File: (It's empty)
-Folder: file(2)
--File: (It's empty)
As you see this is not what it was before.
So my question is -- how can I back up these files from the server to my Windows machine so that I can possibly restore them later without any issues?
My Computer
At a glance
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