[support] Importing large files uploaded via FTP

[Chris Johnson]

You might also look into WebDav based solutions.  There are a couple
of modules which might help.  One of them is here:
http://drupal.org/project/dav

..chris

On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 1:32 AM, Brian Puccio <brian at brianpuccio.net> wrote:
> If it is FTP'd you can use http://drupal.org/project/filefield_sources
>
> On Apr 25, 2009, at 3:09 AM, Luke wrote:
>
>> I am looking for the best way to do something reasonably simple.
>>
>> I need to upload files which exceed the PHP upload limit (which can be
>> raised, but on shared hosting 8-15 MB is usually the top).
>>
>> The only way I know to do that, is through FTP.
>>
>> So, if a user has a big file, he uploads it via FTP, but then has to
>> attach it to a node.
>>
>> My question is: what is the most efficient or simple way to allow a user
>> to tell a node to import a file from a particular place?
>>
>> It will need to grab the file, place it in the normal files area, and then
>> delete the one uploaded via FTP.
>>
>> I suspect I'm going to end up using some mixture of CCK and PHP, but I
>> also can't imagine that I am the first one to need a solution to this
>> problem, so thought there might be some canned solutions out there.
>>
>> Luke
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