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An alternative way to upload big files to slow hosting
Sometimes, our hosting is not really good enough. There must be some kind of limitation, like how much MBs you can upload, even using FTP could waste times as we all know FTP is pretty slow.
Upload your file to Dropbox
Yes, dropbox, not google drive or onedrive. Dropbox is the one who will save you.
Once it is uploaded, share the file and copy the link.
Click on Create and copy link. Paste your link on a notepad or somewhere safe.
Connect to your SSH
Open your CMD or Terminal, connect to your hosting SSH.
Ask your hosting support if you don't know how.
Transfer your file from dropbox to Hosting
Once your SSH is connected. Write this command to your ssh
wget your-dropbox-link
Your dropbox link must have a "0" at the end of the url. Change the zero to "1".
From this
wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/wly222y15o9ey2i/YOURDROPBOXFILE.ZIP?dl=0To this
wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/wly222y15o9ey2i/YOURDROPBOXFILE.ZIP?dl=1Then enter. Your file will be transferring from dropbox to hosting.
Rename your file
Your file would have a strange name like YOURDROPBOXFILE.ZIP?dl=1
You can rename your file to its original format / extension using this command
mv YOURDROPBOXFILE.ZIP?dl=1 YOURDROPBOXFILE.ZIPThis would drop the ?dl=1 at the end of your file.
Unzip if you need to
Just unzip it
unzip YOUDROPBOXFILE.zipThen you can move the files or directory from youf hosting File Manager.