Linux FTP client that can keep remote folder in sync with

[Robert Moskowitz]

I just joined this list, as I am doing my first Ubuntu build after 
decades with Centos and this notebook on Fedora.

But that said I use rsync in many cases within SSH like:

rsync --stats -4 -a -e "ssh -4 -l me" ./data/dnsx/etc/ 
host.domain.com:/var/named/chroot/etc/

Check out if this is an option.

On 5/15/25 1:05 AM, M. Fioretti wrote:
> On Mon, May 12, 2025 22:04:47 PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
>
>> lftp has a "mirror" command which might be your friend here.
> Thanks Colin,
>
> I did knot know it but indeed, lftp seems the best solution so far. I
> will try it over the weekend and let the list know. Fingers crossed.
>
> To the other subscriber(s) who asked:
>
>> Are you /really/ sure of this? Did you really mean "FTP" as in "send
>> my login and password in the clear, over the intertubes, without any
>> encryption, whatsoever"? And there's a web-hosting provider that
>> actually offers FTP access, just like that, to anyone who asks?
> Yes, of course. I wrote ftp because I meant ftp. Because, as sad or
> dumb as it may be, it's still the default options on countless ISPs,
> for the reason others already mentioned: leaving ftp as the default
> option makes scp and similar the "deluxe" one, which deserves extra
> payment.
>
> I came here to ask because I had forgotten how to use ftp for myself
> many years ago, not because it's uncommon in general. This time, I
> need it, because I have to keep folders in sync on a remote account I
> did not set up myself and, for reasons not relevant here, I cannot
> control or change.
>
> So absurd, yes. Surprising, not at all.
>
> Marco
>