On Mon, 04 Sep 2006, Frank Duignan wrote:
> I want to periodicall synchronize a directory on my desktop with an ftp
> repository. I only want to download new/changed files and delete files
> on the receiver side that are no longer necessary. rsync does this
> wonderfully when you are not trapped behind a firewall that only permits
> outgoing http and ftp connections. Unfortunately I am behind such a
> firewall at work. Any nice ftp/wget type of solutions that I can use? Or
> better still, is there an rsync way of doing this.
lftp might work for you. It's packaged in debian, ubuntu and others.
http://lftp.yar.ru/
"lftp has builtin mirror which can download or update a whole directory
tree. There is also reverse mirror (mirror -R) which uploads or updates
a directory tree on server. Mirror can also synchronize directories
between two remote servers, using FXP if available."
Gavin
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