lftp Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• What's a really niche tool you use that you can't live without?

  I want to see tools most of us have never heard or even thought of. Extractors for obscure websites or websites we don't think of in terms of extractors like megatools or Mediafire Bulk Downloader. "Glue" tools like rclone's serve command (as well as the rest of rclone) and lftp that makes stuff work together easier. Phone apps like FE File Explorer Pro (sadly the free version seems to be gone) that makes... Source: 12 months ago

• Zsync – Rsync over HTTP

  Sounds a bit similar to lftp[1]. While I don't think it supports updates of compressed files, it doesn't rely on a meta-file and also supports a range of other protocols. You can essentially just point it at a website, directory index, ftp server, torrent etc. And it will let you browse the files, create mirros or update local files. [1] https://lftp.yar.ru. - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

• ftp only images from a directory tree

  I think you could accomplish this using lftp's mirror command with the --only-newer and --include-glob options. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Sending files to an FTP server off a DSLR

  Yeah, you can drive the camera with a raspi and libgphoto2. You can sync the captured images via FTP using lftp. Source: almost 3 years ago

• FileZilla now contains adware if you download from the official homepage

  I use lftp. The website design tells you exactly how the tool works. https://lftp.yar.ru/. - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago

• Ask HN: Cheapest/ easiest way to host a static site

  Seconding BunnyCDN. I use it with https://lftp.yar.ru/ in reverse mirror mode to upload/update my generated public/ folder. Easy and cheap! - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago