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lftp>put lfile -o rfile
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Upload (mirror reverse -R) a local directory(ldir) to a remote directory(rdir) using n processes:
Upload (mirror reverse -R) a local directory(ldir) to a remote directory(rdir) using '''4''' processes. Use the --continue (-c) option to allow the mirror operation to continue where it left off in case something happens (usefull if you have archive thousands of files and directories).


lftp>mirror -c -R -Pn ldir rdir
lftp>mirror -c -R -parallel=4 ldir rdir


Download a remote directory using pget(nn streams) for every single file:
Download a remote directory using pget(nn streams) for every single file. (This help to improve download speeds for large files):
lftp>mirror -c --use-pget-n=n rdir ldir
lftp>mirror -c --use-pget-n=n rdir ldir

Revision as of 18:25, 7 December 2016

LFTP intro

LFTP Documentation can be found here http://lftp.yar.ru/

Install lftp using your distribution package management tool

 yum install lftp
 sudo apt-get install lftp

Log in with your archive account

 lftp -u <abc> sftp://archive-sftp.lsdf.kit.edu
 Password: <password>

Upload a local file(lfile) to a remote file(rfile):

 lftp>put lfile -o rfile

Upload (mirror reverse -R) a local directory(ldir) to a remote directory(rdir) using 4 processes. Use the --continue (-c) option to allow the mirror operation to continue where it left off in case something happens (usefull if you have archive thousands of files and directories).

 lftp>mirror -c -R -parallel=4 ldir rdir

Download a remote directory using pget(nn streams) for every single file. (This help to improve download speeds for large files):

 lftp>mirror -c --use-pget-n=n rdir ldir

LFTP throughput measurements