I am writing a Linux shell script to copy a local directory to a remote server (removing any existing files).
Local server: ftp and lftp commands are available, no ncftp or any graphical tools.
Remote server: only accessible via FTP. No rsync nor SSH nor FXP.
I am thinking about listing local and remote files to generate a lftp script and then run it. Is there a better way?
Note: Uploading only modified files would be a plus, but not required.
lftp should be able to do this in one step, in particular with lftp mirror:
The lftp command syntax is confusing, original invocation I posted doesn't work. Try it like this:
lftp -e "mirror -R {local dir} {remote dir}" -u {username},{password} {host}
note the quotes around the arguments to the -e switch.
cd {local_dir}
lftp {server}
cd {remote_dir}
mput {local_dir}/*
This worked for me, many other attempts were failing. Once in lftp, more info available via:
help mput
Rather than the common answer of using mirroring, I often find it preferable to use mput, especially if there are several directories to transfer.
For example, given the following:
lftp> !ls
mydir1
mydir2
mydir3
mydir4
mydir5
... if the goal is to transfer directories mydir[2-4], you can either clunkily use the mirror command:
lftp mirror -R mydir2 mydir2
... and repeat serially for mydir3 and mydir4... or you can use mput as follows:
lftp> mput -d mydir[2-4]/*
... and be done. The -d option is key here:
lftp> help mput
Usage: mput [OPTS] <files>
Upload files with wildcard expansion
...
-d create directories the same as in file names and put the
files into them instead of current directory
...
Based on Phil's idea of using lftp's mirror mode, this command does the trick:
lftp -c 'open -e "mirror /tmp/thedir ftp://nico:mypass@remotehost/~/destination/" ftp://nico:mypass@localhost'
A drawback is that it requires the local server to have an FTP server running.
Finally got the answer!!! Create shell script ftpmirror.sh
#!/bin/bash
path = /local-dir-path
lftp -e "mirror -R $path /$path" -u username,password ftp-server-ip
If lftp package is not installed the installed it using yum.
