Mark Ransom's questions

I have a server running Windows Server 2003. Nobody uses the internet from this machine. If I go to C:\Documents and Settings\(user)\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files and right-click for Properties, it tells me there is over 4GB in 24 files and 6 folders. The only files shown are 2 cookies created in 2007. I've set it to "Show hidden files and folders" and turned off "Hide protected operating system files". My specific questions:

1. How do I see what's out there?
2. How do I find out where it's coming from? I don't think it's Explorer.
3. How do I periodically clean out the folder without doing it by hand?

I have about 600MB on a remote web server that I'd like to copy to a PC, then copy to a new server. I tried FileZilla, but it failed partway through the transfer from the old server and couldn't recover without losing track of what was already finished. Is there a better way?

Both remote servers are *nix systems with SSH and shell access. I hadn't considered moving the files directly without the intermediate PC; I decided that I wanted to keep it as part of the process, mostly to provide backup for the files. The PC in the middle is Windows, but I have most Linux utilities available as part of Cygwin.

My decision to copy to Windows had an unexpected benefit - it told me of a couple subtle details of my file structure that might have gone unnoticed otherwise. I generated checksums of all the files on both servers and the Windows PC with the following:

find . -type f -exec cksum {} \; | sort >sums.txt

I found a couple of mismatches in the Windows copy. First was two files that had identical names except for upper/lower case differences, which caused the second file to overwrite the first. Second was a soft link, which got converted to a regular file.

I think my initial problems with Filezilla were caused by the upper/lower case duplicate, which caused that file to abort. The server connection was lost by the time I checked back on the transfer status, which explains why I was unable to recover.

I've had a simple web page for years now, but it's all static HTML and I'm ready to do something more ambitious. I realize though that I have a lot of ignorance in this area, and I'd like some references for learning as much as I can on the subject.

Here are a couple of example questions just off the top of my head, not meant to be representative or anything.

• If I'm signed up with a shared host, does that mean my IP address is also shared? What happens if that machine also hosts a porn site, is my site going to be added to a bunch of block lists?
• How do I setup my site so that a Python program can serve the content?

Again, I'm not looking for the answers to specific questions, I'm asking where are the references that will help me figure this stuff out on my own. Thanks.