Questions tagged [lftp]
lftp is a file transfer program that supports several network protocols.
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How to disable Lftp chmod permissions warning?
I use this script (launching lftp with some options) to mirror a local folder and a website.
#!/bin/bash
HOST="myhost.com"
USER="user"
PASS="xxxxxx"
lftp -c "set ftp:list-options -a;
set cmd:fail-...
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Prefixing protocol for address in ssh and lftp
I'm using ssh to connect to my remote server. I'm able to do so fine using the regular SSH commands, but using lftp to connect requires prepending sftp:// to the address for it to work.
What's the ...
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Resuming segmented file transfer
When I run an lftp command like this:
mirror --use-pget-n=10 "My Directory"
sometimes I find myself in a situation, that the computer was unexpectedly shutdown, say, during a blackout.
After that, ...
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lftp mirror -I and mirror -i don't work
I am using the following command lines to mirror a remote server to my local directory:
$ lftp -d -c 'open -e "mirror -i ^ABC . mirrordir/" http://ftp.abc.com/dir1/dir2'
$ lftp -d -c 'open -e "...
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Received time of file in Linux
I'm sending a file from one server to another via lftp.
Suppose S1 and S2 is two server.
A file file1 is created at S1 at Mar 27 19:41. ls -ltrh shows it.
I sent the file to S2 at Mar 28 20:00 ...
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lftp: bash equivalent of command substitution backticks or $()
Is it possible to use bash-like command substitution, like backticks `` or $() with lftp?
This is to e.g. cd into a directory given by a command:
lftp ..
cd `pwd`
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Add time offset for mirroring via lftp
I am working on a CI runner in GitLab which is supposed to transfer changed files via FTP to a development environment.
lftp seemed to be a good solution for doing so as it's easy to use and not ...
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lftp bi directional syncing
How to sync directories on two different machines? If I change/add/delete a file on the windows machine, it should be changed/added/deleted on the linux machine and vice versa.
I have to use lftp to ...
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Downloading large file via SFTP timeout
I've been trying to download a 3GB file from an SFTP server. However, I keep getting timeout. Downloading a smaller size file works without issue. I tried in different workstations and servers as well ...
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lftp miror does not remove extra files
I'm trying to mirror remote ftp to local dir:
lftp -u 'user','pass' -e 'mirror -vv ./wp-content ./ && ex' sftp://x.x.x.x -p 22
Old file `cache/index-https-mobile.html' is not removed
Old ...
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lftp: where are bookmarks stored on debian jessie?
Bookmarks are saved but I get an empty (new file) when I run bookmark edit inside lftp and I don't have any ~/.lftp/bookmarks file.
For information, I add bookmarks like this:
$ lftp sftp://username@...
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Recommended file extension for Linux 'lftp' scripts?
lftp allows to execute commands from the script file by using -f option (as described on man page), e.g.
lftp -f my-lftp-script-file
Is there any file extension that is recommended (or just widely ...
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Retrieving from ftp dirs with wildcards
What is the most efficient way to retrieve all relevant data from ftp if the address of said data can be specified with wildcards as below:
ftp://ftp.some.site.gov/data/directory/only/*/these/*/*...
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Working with LFTP, find and -exec option throws error
What is wrong with the following lftp command? There files on server. I am trying to get their names without any path in it (like ./) Just file names.
lftp -u user,password -e 'find -exec basename {} ...
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All Time Lftp Mirroring
How to make lftp run in background all time and push any change made to a local folder to a folder on remote server.
The normal reverse mirror command isn't working for all time and specific to ...
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