SSH Command Line upload and install

[kiddieshop]

I want to setup many mini sites using an install with all my modules and extras ready to go.

I have made a zip file of this and uploaded to an empty new hosting account.

I have managed to SSH and unzip the file.

Is there away to do all post configuration though putty rather than doing it online.

i.e. give a command to tell it about the database connection settings, physical paths, company name email address etc,

Basically enter all the details that are entered online via the command line instead

Has anyone managed to do this?

[Vger]

You can edit files from the command line once connected via SSH, but the question has to be "Why would you want to?".

SSH is useful for certain tasks, but it's complete overkill when it comes to simple file editing ...and some of the settings you mention are stored in the db which you wouldn't edit using Putty.

If you want to keep track of changes and roll them back if you need to, and publish them to your site then you can get yourself a free Subversion account, install Tortoise SVN on your PC, install XAMPP on your PC (local web server) and use that combination to keep an online Repository of your site files, edit them offline and Commit them to the Repository and Publish them to your website from there. You'd use XAMPP to test the changes locally before committing.

Vger