sample lftp command lines?

Harold Hallikainen harold at hallikainen.com
Mon Aug 22 16:32:02 UTC 2005


> On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 08:18:38AM -0700, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
>> As I SLOWLY move stuff from an RH8 to an FC4 system, I've found that
>> ncftp
>> is not included in FC4, but lftp is included. I have a script that does
>> a
>> daily ftp of a tar file to a remote server. I'm having difficulty
>> figuring
>> out from the man page on lftp what a command line would look like that
>> would log me in to the remote server and put the local file in the
>> appropriate remote directory. Anyone know of some sample lftp command
>> lines?
>>
>> THANKS!
>>
>> Harold
>> ps - I'm CLOSE to getting everything working! I had to modify a buncy of
>> php stuff to work on the new machine. I've got this ftp problem and some
>> perl stuff to update, then it might be ready to put on line!
>
> Have you considered "scp" using SSH?  It is much more easily scripted
> and it's secure, to boot.
>


I'll give that some consideration. I'll have to see if the hosting
provider supports it. Thus far I've just used ftp. I'll read up on scp and
give it a try tonight!

Harold


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