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Recently discovered lftp which was last updated in 2024 and seems useful for synchronization of remote FTP servers and local systems.

directoryRemoteSynchronize

Synchronize a remote and local directory

Usage

directoryRemoteSynchronize remoteURL [ target ] [ subdirectory ] [ --debug ] [ --verbose ] [ --force-ssl ] [ --no-force-ssl ] [ --reverse ] [ --continue ] [ --no-continue ] [ --dry-run ] [ --verify-certificate ] [ --no-verify-certificate ] [ --exclude excludePattern ] [ --include includePattern ] [ --target target ]

Synchronize a remote and local directory (bi-directional). By default synchronizes the remote file system with the local file system. To push the local to the remote server use --reverse. By default --continue is enabled. The exclude and include patterns are glob patterns like *.zip.

Location: bin/build/tools/lftp.sh

Arguments

  • remoteURL - URL. Required. Remote file or directory to synchronize.
  • target - FileDirectory. Optional. Local path or file to synchronize. Uses current directory if not specified.
  • subdirectory - RelativeDirectory. Optional. Subdirectory to add to both remoteURL and localPath.
  • --debug - Flag. Optional. Debugging output.
  • --verbose - Flag. Optional. Verbose output.
  • --force-ssl - Flag. Optional. Force SSL when connecting to the remote.
  • --no-force-ssl - Flag. Optional. Do not force SSL when connecting to the remote.
  • --reverse - Flag. Optional. Push files to the remote server.
  • --continue - Flag. Optional. Attempt to continue a synchronization where it left off if possible.
  • --no-continue - Flag. Optional. Do not attempt to continue a synchronization where it left off.
  • --dry-run - Flag. Optional. Do not change anything but instead output what would have changed.
  • --verify-certificate - Flag. Optional. Verify the remote server certificate when connecting.
  • --no-verify-certificate - Flag. Optional. Do not verify the remote server certificate when connecting.
  • --exclude excludePattern - String. Optional. Exclude a glob pattern from synchronization.
  • --include includePattern - String. Optional. Include a glob pattern for synchronization.
  • --target target - FileDirectory. Optional. Local path or file to synchronize.

Return codes

  • 0 - Success
  • 1 - Environment error
  • 2 - Argument error

Requires

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