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I am pretty new to making / using a web server. I've been using Winscp to transfer files back and forth, but for certain applications it would just be a lot simpler if I just had a "file" I could reference for the app to my web server without having to download back and forth. Is there such a file created with Winscp, or is there any other way that I could do that?

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    Do you mean that you want to edit a remote file that is in your web server? Your question isn't very clear. Could you please edit it? Aug 22, 2018 at 4:17
  • Also, please edit your question and indicate where this webserver is. It is provided by your ISP? By a third party (if yes, which one? access may depend on that)? On a local server in your LAN? If your question gets closed, it can be reopened after you edit.
    – dirkt
    Aug 22, 2018 at 5:52
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    Also asked on Unix.SX and answered unix.stackexchange.com/questions/464022/… although it actually fits better here. It is discourteous to trick people into wasting time and effort answering questions that are already answered. Aug 22, 2018 at 7:29
  • sorry, I'm still pretty new to asking questions on here, I asked first there and then came to the realization that this place is better to ask, so I did here, but the first ended up being answered.
    – goodkarma
    Aug 22, 2018 at 22:51

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If you are asking, if you can make your web server access a file on your local machine, than no (well everything is possible, but this would not be a good solution for many reasons).


Note that WinSCP has a function called, Keep remote directory up to date.

With the function running, whenever you make a change to your local file(s) (using any tool you want, like your favorite code editor/IDE), WinSCP will automatically upload the changed file(s) to the (web) server.

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  • Gotchya! I do have that option checked and does come in handy, but I was thinking more of being able to use a file on my webserver on my local machine without having to download the whole file. I guess as an example for a use would be that I have some games on my server and being able to play them with the program on my local machine without having to completely download them onto the local machine.
    – goodkarma
    Aug 22, 2018 at 22:49
  • You cannot use a file without downloading it. It makes no sense. How would the program/game know what's inside the file? Aug 23, 2018 at 4:47
  • I guess my thought process is that I'm viewing part of the server basically as an "external storage" of sorts, so if I have files on this external storage, I wouldn't have to download the file locally, if that makes sense.
    – goodkarma
    Aug 23, 2018 at 5:15
  • Depends on what you mean by "download". You have to get the data to the local machine work with them. What's what I mean by "download". You do not have to (at least not permanently) store the data (to a physical file). If that's what you mean. For that you can use some drive-mapping tool. Aug 23, 2018 at 5:29
  • Yeah that's exactly what I'm looking for. I don't want to permanently download a file from my server to my hard drive on my local machine, I was not aware of drive-mapping tools, so I will look into that.
    – goodkarma
    Aug 23, 2018 at 5:34

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