FXP with lftp...

[thedp]

Can someone please explain how can I use FXP with my local lftp program?
I've been searching google for days now, nothing but man pages...

What are the command that I need to use in order to make one FTP server to send files to another FTP server.

Please help, I must understand how this is done with lftp


Thank you so much.

[Thinker]

Hi thedp,
Firstly, in lftp, check whether an FXP transfer can be initiated or not. For doing that run : -

$ lftp
lftp :~> set -a

set -a command will display all the variables. So check whether the variable ftp:use-fxp is true or false.

If it is true, then read this (from man lftp) : -

ftpcopy

Obsolete. Use one of the following instead:
get ftp://... -o ftp://...
get -O ftp://... file1 file2...
put ftp://...
mput ftp://.../*
mget -O ftp://... ftp://.../*
or other combinations to get FXP transfer (directly between two ftp servers). lftp would fallback to
plain copy (via client) if FXP transfer cannot be initiated or ftp:use-fxp is false.

get [-E] [-a] [-c] [-O base] rfile [-o lfile] ...

Retrieve the remote file rfile and store it as the local file lfile. If -o is omitted, the file is
stored to local file named as base name of rfile. You can get multiple files by specifying multiple
instances of rfile [and -o lfile]. Does not expand wildcards, use mget for that.
-c continue, reget
-E delete remote files after successful transfer
-a use ascii mode (binary is the default)
-O <base> specifies base directory or URL where files should be placed

Examples:
get README
get README -o debian.README
get README README.mirrors
get README -o debian.README README.mirrors -o debian.mirrors
get README -o ftp://some.host.org/debian.README
get README -o ftp://some.host.org/debian-dir/ (end slash is important)

That should help you. Try, based on what the man page says.

With Regards,
Thinker

[thedp]

Yeah I saw that in the man pages... But it's simply not enough, "mget -O" what else? Should I establish a connection first to one of the servers, or both servers...

[Thinker]

Hi thedp,

Yeah I saw that in the man pages... But it's simply not enough, "mget -O" what else? Should I establish a connection first to one of the servers, or both servers...

Why don't you give it a try and see for yourself? Try the combinations possible and if you find problems, then post what you tried and the output messages got.

With Regards,
Thinker

[alex.bir]

Hi,

I've also tried this, and it seems that there is NO correct way to set up an FXP
with lftp.

Can anybody give a simple example e.g

get <ftp://source/source URL> <ftp://destination/dest_dir>


thanks a lot

[thedp]

Hi,

I've also tried this, and it seems that there is NO correct way to set up an FXP
with lftp.

Can anybody give a simple example e.g

get <ftp://source/source URL> <ftp://destination/dest_dir>


thanks a lot

The following exampe will show you a simple way using the lftp program on a remote client, making the a FTP server to send files to another FTP server - FXP.

Write the following into a file,
don't forget to remove the [ ].

set ftp:ssl-force true
set ftp:use-fxp true

open -p [Source Port] [Source Address]
user [Source Username] [Source Password]
mirror [Source Directory] ftp://[Destination Username]:[Destination Password]@[Destination Address]:[Destination Port]/[Destination Directory]

And execute the file:

	
lftp -f config.file

[alex.bir]

Yeah, thanks
this one I've managed to do before
what I actullay meant is how to transfer a single file.

Thanks again

[thedp]

Haven't really tried this, but try to specify a file in the source directory.