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SSH into and FTP, Back it up, and copy the backup
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#Back up your FTP site with SSH (excluding databases)

Sub in your URLs, username, and folder names. You can practically copy paste these into the terminal and it will work.

  1. SSH into the ftp and enter your password when asked:
ssh username@yourdomain.com
  1. List the directories:
ls
  1. Navigate to the folder you want to compress:
cd directoryname
  1. Run this command to tar the directory:
tar -vcf yourbackupfilename.tar .
  1. Copy the tar to a local folder:
scp -C username@yourdomain.com:/path/of-the-archive/yourbackupfilename.tar /home/mydirectory/backups/

If you have a wordpress and want to back up your site AND your database, visit this forum here.

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