Linux FTP client that can keep remote folder in sync with

[Robert Moskowitz]

In the other direction, for many years I maintain a local list of all 
RFCs and Internet Drafts via cron:

1 3 * * * rsync -tvz ftp.rfc-editor.org::rfcs/*.txt /home/common/ietf/rfcs
1 4 * * * rsync -tvz rsync.ietf.org::id-archive/*.txt 
/home/common/ietf/drafts

As no telling what I may need while flying along at FL32.

Of course that drafts directory is HUGH!

On 5/15/25 5:36 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> 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
>>
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