Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2015 18:25:51 -0600 From: dweimer <dweimer@dweimer.net> To: Patrick Hess <patrickhess@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Synchronizing directory hierarchies via SFTP Message-ID: <44daceeebc9b2997663a88e485b83df9@dweimer.net> In-Reply-To: <24246596.8z5VK3yfqz@desk8.phess.net> References: <13761006.QDN0LtKzYl@desk8.phess.net> <5263162.JaugYyUJYb@desk8.phess.net> <op.x9b54qh0g7njmm@workstation> <24246596.8z5VK3yfqz@desk8.phess.net>
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On 2015-12-08 6:13 pm, Patrick Hess wrote: > Michael Ross wrote: >> Am .12.2015, 00:43 Uhr, schrieb Patrick Hess <patrickhess@gmx.net>: >> > Just came across LFTP, http://lftp.yar.ru. According to the feature list, >> > it has support for SFTP and also comes with a "built-in mirror and >> > reverse mirror" option. >> >> lftp is used a lot here to mirror directories via sftp. Would >> recommend. > > Tried it today, works like a charm. In comparison to csync, I noticed > that the initial directory traversal in particular is a lot faster > with LFTP. And since there's still a big question mark behind sshfs > regarding its stability on FreeBSD, I'll just settle for LFTP and > call it a day. > >> Check out the fine-tuning available with "set -a". > > Wow, that's a lot of stuff to mess up... Maybe some other day. > So far, the defaults seem to work just fine for me. > > Patrick > > PS: Here's the quick'n'dirty Expect script I hacked together, > in case someone has a use for it. > _______________________________________________________________________ > > expect -c ' > set timeout -1; > > spawn lftp -u '"$SFTP_USERNAME"' sftp://'"$SFTP_SERVER"'; > > expect "Passwor\[dt\]:"; > send "'"$SFTP_PASSWORD"'\r"; > > expect "lftp *> "; > send "mirror -v --reverse --dereference --delete --overwrite > --exclude-glob *.swp '"$LOCAL_DIR"' '"$REMOTE_DIR"'\r" > > expect "lftp *> "; > send "quit\r"; > > expect eof; > ' > _______________________________________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I am not familiar with lftp, so it may not have support for it, but if it were me doing this, I would look into using public/private OpenSSH key pairs instead of sending the password with the expect script. -- Thanks, Dean E. Weimer http://www.dweimer.net/
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