# Filezilla help question
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filezilla-help-question/507478
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [August 24, 2009, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filezilla-help-question/507478 "2009-08-24T07:42:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2009, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filezilla-help-question/507478/1 "2009-08-24T07:42:42Z")
I need to copy a folder full of images to another directory. Not move; make another copy. I can’t figure out how to do this except by downloading all hundreds of images to my harddrive and then uploading all of them again to the other directory. Filezilla’s help wiki is no help, and I can’t seem to do it logically: copy paste, copy drag, etc.
A little help here? Thanks.
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### Author:  [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2009, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filezilla-help-question/507478/2 "2009-08-24T07:53:44Z")
I don’t think FTP lets you do that directly.
Does your FTP host let you access your files through any other means? Shell (SSH) access or a web-based file manager, perhaps?
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### Author:  [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2009, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filezilla-help-question/507478/3 "2009-08-24T08:01:15Z")
Actually, [this page](http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Internet_Email/File_Sharing/FTP/Q_23774920.html) talks about the FTP command “proxy” which might let you open another connection to the same server and effectively turn it into a client, letting you “download” from the server to itself.
I’ve never used this method, though, so I can’t help you. Sorry.
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### Author:  [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filezilla-help-question/507478/4 "2009-08-24T15:58:48Z")
> [@Reply](#):
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> I don’t think FTP lets you do that directly.
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> Does your FTP host let you access your files through any other means? Shell (SSH) access or a web-based file manager, perhaps?
I don’t know, I’m new at this. Can you tell me how to do that? Thanks.
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### Author:  [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filezilla-help-question/507478/5 "2009-08-24T20:20:42Z")
Which company hosts your files? (Who do you connect to over Filezilla?)
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### Author:  [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filezilla-help-question/507478/6 "2009-08-25T17:38:50Z")
Echoing reply (hee!): Copying on the server is not supported by the FTP protocol. However, if your server allows SSH access, SSH FTP (SFTP) is also handled by FileZilla, and I believe that will let you do the copy you’re trying to do.
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### Author:  [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filezilla-help-question/507478/7 "2009-08-25T18:25:08Z")
> [@Reply](#):
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> Which company hosts your files? (Who do you connect to over Filezilla?)
godaddy
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### Author:  [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filezilla-help-question/507478/8 "2009-08-25T18:27:45Z")
> [@Nametag](#):
>
> Echoing reply (hee!): Copying on the server is not supported by the FTP protocol. However, if your server allows SSH access, SSH FTP (SFTP) is also handled by FileZilla, and I believe that will let you do the copy you’re trying to do.
Can you splain to me how? Much appreciated.
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### Author:  [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2009, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filezilla-help-question/507478/9 "2009-08-26T00:33:15Z")
According to GoDaddy, you should be able to login to your account on their website (not FTP) and use their online file manager to copy folders.
See this [help entry](http://help.godaddy.com/article/1871) for more info. I don’t have a GoDaddy account so I can’t tell you the exact steps, but they do seem to have a 24x7 tech support number: (480) 505-8877.