File transfer program with more features than ftp. The lftp command allows FTP and HTTP protocol transfers, plus other
protocols including FISH (SSH based), FTPS, and HTTPS. It uses a shell-like command interface and offers job control in a manner
similar to bash. lftp has two important reliability features: it resumes failed or interrupted transactions, and it goes into the
background automatically if it is quit in the middle of a file transfer.
Linux Commad Options: -d Run in debug mode. -e commands
Start, execute the specified commands, and then wait for further instructions. -p portnumber
Connect to the specified port number.
-u user[,pass]
Login to the server with the username (and, optionally, password) you specify. -f scriptfile
Run the specified script file of lftp commands, then exit. -c commands
Run the commands specified, then exit.
Commands
The lftp commands are similar to those for ftp. However, lftp lacks or uses different mechanisms for a number of commands, including
$, ascii, binary, case, and macdef. It also adds the following: alias [name [value]]
Create an alias for a command. For example, you could set dir to be an alias for ls -lf. anon
Set the username to anonymous. This is the default username. at
Execute a command at a given time, as with the at command in an actual shell. bookmark [arguments]
The lftp bookmark command used with the following arguments will add, delete, edit, import, or list bookmarks,
respectively:
• add name url
• del name
• edit
• import type
• list
cache
Work with the local memory cache. This command should be followed by the arguments: stat
Display the status for the cache. on|off
Turn caching on or off. flush
Empty the cache. size n
Set the maximum size for the cache. Setting it to -1 means unlimited. expire nu
Set the cache to expire after n units of time. You can set the unit (u) to seconds (s), minutes (m), hours (h), or
days (d). For example, for a cache that expires after an hour, use the syntax cache expire 1h.
close
Close idle connections with the current server. This differs from ftp, which closes all connections. If you have connections
to multiple servers and wish to close all idle connections, add the -a flag. command cmd args
Execute the specified lftp command, with the specified arguments, ignoring any aliases created with the alias command. mirror [options] [remotedir [localdir]]
Copy a directory exactly. The mirror command accepts the following arguments: -c, --continue
If mirroring was interrupted, resume it. -e, --delete
Delete local files that are not present at the remote site. -s, --allow-suid
Keep the suid/sgid bits as set on the remote site. -n, --only-newer
Get only those files from the remote site that have more recent dates than the files on the local system. Cannot be used with the -c argument. -r, --no-recursion
Do not get any subdirectories. --no-umask
Do not use umask when getting file modes. See umask for more information about file modes. -R, --reverse
Mirror files from the local system to the remote system. With this argument, make sure that you specify the local
directory first and the remote directory second. If you do not specify both directories, the second is assumed to be
the same as the first. If you choose neither, the operation occurs in the current working directories. -L, --dereference
When mirroring a link, download the file the link points to rather than just the link. -N filename, --newer-than filename
Get all files newer than the file filename. -P n, --parallel[=n]
Download n files in parallel. -i regex, --include regex
Get only the files whose names match the regular expression regex. See Chapter 7 for information about regular expressions. -x regex, --exclude regex
Do not get the files whose names match regex
-v n, --verbose=n
Set the verbose level. You can set n from 0 (no output) to 3 (full output) using a number or by repeating the v. For
example, -vvv is level 3 verbose mode. --use-cache
Use the cache to get directory listings. --remove-source-files
Move, rather than copy, files when mirroring. set [variable | value]
Set a preference variable for lftp. With no arguments, list the variables that have been changed; with no arguments and with
the -a or -d flags, list all values or default values, respectively. See the lftp manpage for a complete list of preference variables
that can be set. wait [n | all]
Wait for the job or jobs you specify by number, or all jobs, to terminate.
