# Transfering files from a website to a ftp.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transfering-files-from-a-website-to-a-ftp/93966
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [November 17, 2001, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transfering-files-from-a-website-to-a-ftp/93966 "2001-11-17T18:33:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@tfnb34a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tfnb34a)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2001, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transfering-files-from-a-website-to-a-ftp/93966/1 "2001-11-17T18:33:16Z")
I uploaded a couple of files to a geocities account the other day, and now want to transfer them to folder in my account in my school’s ftp. Rather than upload 25+ MB again at 56k, is possible to sideload (I guess that’s what it might be called) from the my geocities website to my ftp. Is there anyway to do this, or am i stuck uploading 25 MB again? Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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### Author:  [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2001, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transfering-files-from-a-website-to-a-ftp/93966/2 "2001-11-17T18:46:00Z")
I just used Yahoo briefcase the other day for the first time out of curiosity. I may be wrong but to do this I suspect your ftp client would need the necessary permissions to be able to log into the appropriate Yahoo server directory to DL the file directly and I don’t think the Yahoo briefcase feature is setup to allow this.
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### Author:  [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2001, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transfering-files-from-a-website-to-a-ftp/93966/3 "2001-11-17T18:48:42Z")
Doh! geocities -not yahoo… but if geocities uses the same web based folder storage format as Yahoo I think the same restrictions may apply.
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2001, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transfering-files-from-a-website-to-a-ftp/93966/4 "2001-11-17T18:51:11Z")
You have to use a pro version of an FTP client (like CuteFTP Pro) not a freeware/shareware version. Even then, it’s not very likely that you can pull it off with much ease, because if you lose the packets somewhere in the middle of this kind of transfer, you can lock stuff up pretty good and/or lose data on both ends.
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### Author:  [@tfnb34a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tfnb34a)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2001, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transfering-files-from-a-website-to-a-ftp/93966/5 "2001-11-17T19:50:23Z")
Thanks, but I figured out an easy way to accomplish my task…go the library and use their high speed access. (ah, ethernet, the only reason i miss the dorms)
Anyway, out of curiosity, I’d still like to know if its possible.
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### Author:  [@Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gut)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2001, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transfering-files-from-a-website-to-a-ftp/93966/6 "2001-11-17T20:32:59Z")
[This program](http://www.flashfxp.com/) will do FXP, site to site, transfers. It’s a shareware program and gives you 30 days before you have to register. I see that you have already accomplished your goal but keep it in mind in case you need to do it again and the library is closed.
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### Author:  [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2001, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transfering-files-from-a-website-to-a-ftp/93966/7 "2001-11-17T22:03:25Z")
For Mac users: the shareware app NetFinder makes it easy. The ftp locations look exactly like Finder windows, so you just drag the files from one window to the other.
If Unix permissions aren’t adequate to allow the process, you’ll get an error message, otherwise you get a regular file copy progress bar dialog.