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[tomblack]

How do you guys ftp files around your server/s at script/code level?  I’ve being looking at ssh scripts and the php ftp module. 

I’m interested in your opinions of the pros and cons on both methods.

Cheers TB

[perkiset]

The PHP FTP stuff works great, use it al the time. I'd have to say that I probably use ftp from the shell most often, although as a GUI I use Transmit.

When I have an often-recurring one directional pull, I've used Apache and HTTP rather than FTP. Cached text and such.

[vsloathe]

Depends on the environment, but generally not FTP as its plaintext. SCP/SFTP, I use a lot.

[tomblack]

Cheers for the replies, I'll look into these. 

I've give you some background into my question cause it might change your answers.

I'm planning on writting a simple automated mass wordpress installer that I can run from a cron job.  I seem to be using wordpress for a lot of my tests and having this in my arsenal would make my live a lot easier.

Anyway the files that I'd be moving around my server would be the zipped up wordpress files.

[serialnoob]

I use shared installs with cpanel/fantastico, I found it much easier to use one of the many cpanel apis, which is ultimately http requests. But I would still like to know what the gurus think about then, ftp /sftp updates and the kind of organization as your question suggests.

I end up having a single wordpress install to update and symlink each site to this install ie: plugins, themes, custom stuff
I still have not managed sorting out the admin folder, but if my system is in a good mood, I can install in less than a minute with custom template, plugs etc, (pieace of cake for you guys,but auto-satisfaction does not hurt )

the idea being I test locally, then upload once. and it can be done on multpile servers by keeping an update log

I suppose in boxed environment the situation would be different