Sync live server and development server

[eluser]jwindhorst[/eluser]
I see, my apologies for over simplifying. There are still some decent options out there though. My first choice would be a bash script that would export the DB, tar up the files, ftp them to the new server, untar and reimport for me.

Or look into springloops. They are an hosted SVN service that also thought to roll out a deployment system. I've used it a few times, and really does add sanity when you are in a situation where you have to manage numerous clients and deployments. Of course you still have to get the db files into your Repo, but hey, sanity is sanity.