Deploy to same server [SOLVED]

[alistair]

I have a dedicated server with full access and external DNS control and am able to create virtual hosts at will. So I my sf dev is in a domain on this box. This works well because I can access it from anywhere as I work in one of three places on different PCs.

I am also developing the same basic design that will be deployed to more than one site with a different db and a few branding changes, and fro the time being at least, usually on this same box.

So my question is how do I best deploy to different host folders?

Everything I read in sf docs says I should deploy with FTP which is a complicated way of copying files from one folder to another. However if I simply copy what don't I copy and is there anyway of using the deploy function to manage updates?

[alistair]

Not a solution but will may just have to live with SFTP from one folder to another and then update as necessary.

[xplo]

if you have a ssh access the best way to deploy is rsync.
you just create one batch/script per apps.

[alistair]

The solution is to simply use SFTP across the domains / accounts on the same box