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6 lftp - Sophisticated file transfer program
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9 lftp [-d] [-e cmd] [-p port] [-u user[,pass]] [site]
10 lftp -f script_file
11 lftp -c commands
12 lftp --version
13 lftp --help
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17 This man page documents lftp version 3.5.5.
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21 lftp is a file transfer program that allows sophisticated ftp, http and
22 other connections to other hosts. If site is specified then lftp will
23 connect to that site otherwise a connection has to be established with
24 the open command.
25 lftp can handle seven file access methods - ftp, ftps, http, https,
27 hftp, fish, sftp and file (https and ftps are only available when lftp
28 is compiled with GNU TLS or OpenSSL library). You can specify the
29 method to use in `open URL' command, e.g. `open http://www.us.ker‐
30 nel.org/pub/linux'. hftp is ftp-over-http-proxy protocol. It can be
31 used automatically instead of ftp if ftp:proxy is set to
32 `http://proxy[:port]'. Fish is a protocol working over an ssh connec‐
33 tion to a unix account. SFtp is a protocol implemented in ssh2 as sftp
34 subsystem.
35 Every operation in lftp is reliable, that is any not fatal error is
38 ignored and the operation is repeated. So if downloading breaks, it
39 will be restarted from the point automatically. Even if ftp server does
40 not support REST command, lftp will try to retrieve the file from the
41 very beginning until the file is transferred completely.
42 lftp has shell-like command syntax allowing you to launch several com‐
44 mands in parallel in background (&). It is also possible to group com‐
45 mands within () and execute them in background. All background jobs are
46 executed in the same single process. You can bring a foreground job to
47 background with ^Z (c-z) and back with command `wait' (or `fg' which is
48 alias to `wait'). To list running jobs, use command `jobs'. Some com‐
49 mands allow redirecting their output (cat, ls, ...) to file or via pipe
50 to external command. Commands can be executed conditionally based on
51 termination status of previous command (&&, ||).
52 If you exit lftp when some jobs are not finished yet, lftp will move
54 itself to nohup mode in background. The same happens when you have a
55 real modem hangup or when you close an xterm.
56 lftp has builtin mirror which can download or update a whole directory
58 tree. There is also reverse mirror (mirror -R) which uploads or updates
59 a directory tree on server. Mirror can also synchronize directories
60 between two remote servers, using FXP if available.
61 There is command `at' to launch a job at specified time in current con‐
63 text, command `queue' to queue commands for sequential execution for
64 current server, and much more.
65 On startup, lftp executes /etc/lftp.conf and then ~/.lftprc and
67 ~/.lftp/rc. You can place aliases and `set' commands there. Some people
68 prefer to see full protocol debug, use `debug' to turn the debug on.
69 Use `debug 3' to see only greeting messages and error messages.
70 lftp has a number of settable variables. You can use `set -a' to see
72 all variables and their values or `set -d' to see list of defaults.
73 Variable names can be abbreviated and prefix can be omitted unless the
74 rest becomes ambiguous.
75 If lftp was compiled with OpenSSL (configure --with-openssl), then it
77 includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the
78 OpenSSL Toolkit. (http://www.openssl.org/)
79 Commands
82 ! shell command
83 Launch shell or shell command.
85 !ls
87 To do a directory listing of the local host.
89 alias [name [value]]
91 Define or undefine alias name. If value is omitted, the alias is unde‐
93 fined, else it takes the value value. If no argument is given the cur‐
94 rent aliases are listed.
95 alias dir ls -lF
97 alias less zmore
98 anon
100 Sets the user to anonymous. This is the default.
102 at time [ -- command ]
104 Wait until the given time and execute given (optional) command. See
106 also at(1).
107 bookmark [subcommand]
109 The bookmark command controls bookmarks.
111 add <name> [<loc>] add current place or given location
112 to bookmarks and bind to given name
113 del <name> remove bookmark with name
114 edit start editor on bookmarks file
115 import <type> import foreign bookmarks
116 list list bookmarks (default)
117 cache [subcommand]
119 The cache command controls local memory cache. The following subcom‐
121 mands are recognized:
122 stat print cache status (default)
123 on|off turn on/off caching
124 flush flush cache
125 size lim set memory limit, -1 means unlimited
126 expire Nx set cache expiration time to N seconds (x=s)
127 minutes (x=m) hours (x=h) or days (x=d)
128 cat files
130 cat outputs the remote file(s) to stdout. (See also more, zcat and
132 zmore)
133 cd rdir
135 Change current remote directory. The previous remote directory is
137 stored as `-'. You can do `cd -' to change the directory back. The
138 previous directory for each site is also stored on disk, so you can do
139 `open site; cd -' even after lftp restart.
140 chmod mode files
142 Change permission mask on remote files. The mode must be an octal num‐
144 ber.
145 close [-a]
147 Close idle connections. By default only with the current server, use
149 -a to close all idle connections.
150 cls [OPTS] files...
152 `cls' tries to retrieve information about specified files or directo‐
154 ries and outputs the information according to format options. The dif‐
155 ference between `ls' and `cls' is that `ls' requests the server to for‐
156 mat file listing, and `cls' formats it itself, after retrieving all the
157 needed information. See `help cls' for options.
158 command cmd args...
160 execute given command ignoring aliases.
162 debug [-o file] level|off
164 Switch debugging to level or turn it off. Use -o to redirect the debug
166 output to a file.
167 echo [-n] string
169 guess what it does.
171 exit [bg] [top] [kill] [code]
173 exit will exit from lftp or move to background if there are active
175 jobs. If no job is active, code is passed to operating system as lftp's
176 termination status. If code is omitted, the exit code of last command
177 is used.
178 `exit bg' forces moving to background when cmd:move-background is
180 false. `exit top' makes top level `shell' (internal lftp command
181 executor) terminate. `exit kill' kills all numbered jobs before exit‐
182 ing. The options can be combined, e.g. `at 08:00 -- exit top kill &'
183 kills all jobs and makes lftp exit at specified time.
184 fg
186 Alias for `wait'.
188 find [directory]
190 List files in the directory (current directory by default) recursively.
192 This can help with servers lacking ls -R support. You can redirect out‐
193 put of this command.
194 ftpcopy
196 Obsolete. Use one of the following instead:
198 get ftp://... -o ftp://...
199 get -O ftp://... file1 file2...
200 put ftp://...
201 mput ftp://.../*
202 mget -O ftp://... ftp://.../*
203 or other combinations to get FXP transfer (directly between two ftp
204 servers). lftp would fallback to plain copy (via client) if FXP trans‐
205 fer cannot be initiated or ftp:use-fxp is false.
206 get [-E] [-a] [-c] [-O base] rfile [-o lfile] ...
208 Retrieve the remote file rfile and store it as the local file lfile.
210 If -o is omitted, the file is stored to local file named as base name
211 of rfile. You can get multiple files by specifying multiple instances
212 of rfile [and -o lfile]. Does not expand wildcards, use mget for that.
213 -c continue, reget
214 -E delete source files after successful transfer
215 -a use ascii mode (binary is the default)
216 -O <base> specifies base directory or URL where files should be placed
217 Examples:
219 get README
220 get README -o debian.README
221 get README README.mirrors
222 get README -o debian.README README.mirrors -o debian.mirrors
223 get README -o ftp://some.host.org/debian.README
224 get README -o ftp://some.host.org/debian-dir/ (end slash is important)
225 get1 [OPTS] rfile
227 Transfer a single file. Options:
229 -o <lfile> destination file name (default - basename of rfile)
230 -c continue, reget
231 -E delete source files after successful transfer
232 -a use ascii mode (binary is the default)
233 --source-region=<from-to>
234 transfer specified region of source file
235 --target-position=<pos>
236 position in target file to write data at
237 glob [-d] [-a] [-f] command patterns
239 Glob given patterns containing metacharacters and pass result to given
241 command. E.g. ``glob echo *''.
242 -f plain files (default)
243 -d directories
244 -a all types
245 help [cmd]
247 Print help for cmd or if no cmd was specified print a list of available
249 commands.
250 jobs [-v]
252 List running jobs. -v means verbose, several -v can be specified.
254 kill all|job_no
256 Delete specified job with job_no or all jobs. (For job_no see jobs)
258 lcd ldir
260 Change current local directory ldir. The previous local directory is
262 stored as `-'. You can do `lcd -' to change the directory back.
263 lpwd
265 Print current working directory on local machine.
267 ls params
269 List remote files. You can redirect output of this command to file or
271 via pipe to external command. By default, ls output is cached, to see
272 new listing use rels or cache flush.
273 mget [-c] [-d] [-a] [-E] [-O base] files
275 Gets selected files with expanded wildcards.
277 -c continue, reget.
279 -d create directories the same as file names and get
280 the files into them instead of current directory.
281 -E delete source files after successful transfer
282 -a use ascii mode (binary is the default)
283 -O <base> specifies base directory or URL where files should be placed
284 mirror [OPTS] [source [target]]
286 Mirror specified source directory to local target directory. If target
288 directory ends with a slash, the source base name is appended to target
289 directory name. Source and/or target can be URLs pointing to directo‐
290 ries.
291 -c, --continue continue a mirror job if possible
293 -e, --delete delete files not present at remote site
294 --delete-first delete old files before transferring new ones
295 -s, --allow-suid set suid/sgid bits according to remote site
296 --allow-chown try to set owner and group on files
297 --ignore-time ignore time when deciding whether to download
298 --ignore-size ignore size when deciding whether to download
299 --only-missing download only missing files
300 -n, --only-newer download only newer files (-c won't work)
301 -r, --no-recursion don't go to subdirectories
302 --no-symlinks don't create symbolic links
303 -p, --no-perms don't set file permissions
304 --no-umask don't apply umask to file modes
305 -R, --reverse reverse mirror (put files)
306 -L, --dereference download symbolic links as files
307 -N, --newer-than=SPEC download only files newer than specified time
308 --older-than=SPEC download only files older than specified time
309 --size-range=RANGE download only files with size in specified range
310 -P, --parallel[=N] download N files in parallel
311 --use-pget[-n=N] use pget to transfer every single file
312 --loop loop until no changes found
313 -i RX, --include RX include matching files
314 -x RX, --exclude RX exclude matching files
315 -I GP, --include-glob GP include matching files
316 -X GP, --exclude-glob GP exclude matching files
317 -v, --verbose[=level] verbose operation
318 --log=FILE write lftp commands being executed to FILE
319 --script=FILE write lftp commands to FILE, but don't execute them
320 --just-print, --dry-run same as --script=-
321 --use-cache use cached directory listings
322 --Remove-source-files remove files after transfer (use with caution)
323 -a same as --allow-chown --allow-suid --no-umask
324 When using -R, the first directory is local and the second is remote.
326 If the second directory is omitted, base name of first directory is
327 used. If both directories are omitted, current local and remote direc‐
328 tories are used.
329 RX is an extended regular expression, just like in egrep(1).
331 GP is a glob pattern, e.g. `*.zip'.
333 Include and exclude options can be specified multiple times. It means
335 that a file or directory would be mirrored if it matches an include and
336 does not match to excludes after the include, or does not match any‐
337 thing and the first check is exclude. Directories are matched with a
338 slash appended.
339 Note that symbolic links are not created when uploading to remote
341 server, because ftp protocol cannot do it. To upload files the links
342 refer to, use `mirror -RL' command (treat symbolic links as files).
343 For option --newer-than you can either specify a file or time specifi‐
345 cation like that used by at(1) command, e.g. `now-7days' or `week ago'.
346 If you specify a file, then modification time of that file will be
347 used.
348 Verbosity level can be selected using --verbose=level option or by sev‐
350 eral -v options, e.g. -vvv. Levels are:
351 0 - no output (default)
352 1 - print actions
353 2 - +print not deleted file names (when -e is not specified)
354 3 - +print directory names which are mirrored
355 --only-newer turns off file size comparison and uploads/downloads only
357 newer files even if size is different. By default older files are
358 transferred and replace newer ones.
359 You can mirror between two servers if you specify URLs instead of
361 directories. FXP is used automatically for transfers between ftp
362 servers, if possible.
363 Some ftp servers hide dot-files by default (e.g. .htaccess), and show
365 them only when LIST command is used with -a option. In such case try to
366 use `set ftp:list-options -a'.
367 mkdir [-p] dir(s)
369 Make remote directories. If -p is used, make all components of paths.
371 module module [ args ]
373 Load given module using dlopen(3) function. If module name does not
375 contain a slash, it is searched in directories specified by module:path
376 variable. Arguments are passed to module_init function. See
377 README.modules for technical details.
378 more files
380 Same as `cat files | more'. if PAGER is set, it is used as filter.
382 (See also cat, zcat and zmore)
383 mput [-c] [-d] [-a] [-E] [-O base] files
385 Upload files with wildcard expansion. By default it uses the base name
387 of local name as remote one. This can be changed by `-d' option.
388 -c continue, reput
389 -d create directories the same as in file names and put the
390 files into them instead of current directory
391 -E delete source files after successful transfer (dangerous)
392 -a use ascii mode (binary is the default)
393 -O <base> specifies base directory or URL where files should be placed
394 mrm file(s)
396 Same as `glob rm'. Removes specified file(s) with wildcard expansion.
398 mv file1 file2
400 Rename file1 to file2.
402 nlist [args]
404 List remote file names
406 open [-e cmd] [-u user[,pass]] [-p port] host|url
408 Select an ftp server.
410 pget [OPTS] rfile [-o lfile]
412 Gets the specified file using several connections. This can speed up
414 transfer, but loads the net and server heavily impacting other users.
415 Use only if you really have to transfer the file ASAP. Options:
416 -c continue transfer. Requires lfile.lftp-pget-status file.
417 -n maxconn set maximum number of connections (default is taken from pget:default-n setting)
418 put [-E] [-a] [-c] [-O base] lfile [-o rfile]
420 Upload lfile with remote name rfile. If -o omitted, the base name of
422 lfile is used as remote name. Does not expand wildcards, use mput for
423 that.
424 -o <rfile> specifies remote file name (default - basename of lfile)
425 -c continue, reput
426 it requires permission to overwrite remote files
427 -E delete source files after successful transfer (dangerous)
428 -a use ascii mode (binary is the default)
429 -O <base> specifies base directory or URL where files should be placed
430 pwd [-p]
432 Print current remote URL. Use `-p' option to show password in the URL.
434 queue [-n num ] cmd
436 Add the given command to queue for sequential execution. Each site has
438 its own queue. `-n' adds the command before the given item in the
439 queue. Don't try to queue `cd' or `lcd' commands, it may confuse lftp.
440 Instead do the cd/lcd before `queue' command, and it will remember the
441 place in which the command is to be done. It is possible to queue up an
442 already running job by `queue wait <jobno>', but the job will continue
443 execution even if it is not the first in queue.
444 `queue stop' will stop the queue, it will not execute any new commands,
446 but already running jobs will continue to run. You can use `queue stop'
447 to create an empty stopped queue. `queue start' will resume queue exe‐
448 cution. When you exit lftp, it will start all stopped queues automati‐
449 cally.
450 `queue' with no arguments will either create a stopped queue or print
452 queue status.
453 queue --delete|-d [index or wildcard expression]
455 Delete one or more items from the queue. If no argument is given, the
457 last entry in the queue is deleted.
458 queue --move|-m <index or wildcard expression> [index]
460 Move the given items before the given queue index, or to the end if no
462 destination is given.
463 -q Be quiet.
465 -v Be verbose.
466 -Q Output in a format that can be used to re-queue.
467 Useful with --delete.
468 > get file &
470 [1] get file
471 > queue wait 1
472 > queue get another_file
473 > cd a_directory
474 > queue get yet_another_file
475 queue -d 3 Delete the third item in the queue.
477 queue -m 6 4 Move the sixth item in the queue before the fourth.
478 queue -m "get*zip" 1 Move all commands matching "get*zip" to the beginning
479 of the queue. (The order of the items is preserved.)
480 queue -d "get*zip" Delete all commands matching "get*zip".
481 quote cmd
483 For FTP - send the command uninterpreted. Use with caution - it can
485 lead to unknown remote state and thus will cause reconnect. You cannot
486 be sure that any change of remote state because of quoted command is
487 solid - it can be reset by reconnect at any time.
488 For HTTP - specific to HTTP action. Syntax: ``quote <command>
490 [<args>]''. Command may be ``set-cookie'' or ``post''.
491 open http://www.site.net
492 quote set-cookie "variable=value; othervar=othervalue"
493 set http:post-content-type application/x-www-form-urlencoded
494 quote post /cgi-bin/script.cgi "var=value&othervar=othervalue" > local_file
495 For FISH - send the command uninterpreted. This can be used to execute
497 arbitrary commands on server. The command must not take input or print
498 ### at new line beginning. If it does, the protocol will become out of
499 sync.
500 open fish://server
501 quote find -name zip
502 reget rfile [-o lfile]
504 Same as `get -c'.
506 rels [args]
508 Same as `ls', but ignores the cache.
510 renlist [args]
512 Same as `nlist', but ignores the cache.
514 repeat [ -c <count>] [[-d] delay] [command]
516 Repeat the command. Between the commands a delay is inserted, by
518 default 1 second. Option `-c' limits number of repeations. Option
519 `--while-ok' breaks loop when command returns non-zero exit code;
520 `--until-ok' breaks on zero exit code.
521 Examples:
522 repeat at tomorrow -- mirror
523 repeat 1d mirror
524 reput lfile [-o rfile]
526 Same as `put -c'.
528 rm [-r] [-f] files
530 Remove remote files. Does not expand wildcards, use mrm for that. -r
532 is for recursive directory remove. Be careful, if something goes wrong
533 you can lose files. -f suppress error messages.
534 rmdir dir(s)
536 Remove remote directories.
538 scache [session]
540 List cached sessions or switch to specified session.
542 set [var [val]]
544 Set variable to given value. If the value is omitted, unset the vari‐
546 able. Variable name has format ``name/closure'', where closure can
547 specify exact application of the setting. See below for details. If
548 set is called with no variable then only altered settings are listed.
549 It can be changed by options:
550 -a list all settings, including default values
552 -d list only default values, not necessary current ones
553 site site_cmd
555 Execute site command site_cmd and output the result. You can redirect
557 its output.
558 sleep interval
560 Sleep given time interval and exit. Interval is in seconds by default,
562 but can be suffixed with 'm', 'h', 'd' for minutes, hours and days
563 respectively. See also at.
564 slot [name]
566 Select specified slot or list all slots allocated. A slot is a connec‐
568 tion to a server, somewhat like a virtual console. You can create mul‐
569 tiple slots connected to different servers and switch between them. You
570 can also use slot:name as a pseudo-URL evaluating to that slot loca‐
571 tion.
572 Default readline binding allows quick switching between slots named 0-9
574 using Meta-0 - Meta-9 keys (often you can use Alt instead of Meta).
575 source file
577 source -e command
578 Execute commands recorded in file file or returned by specified exter‐
580 nal command.
581 source ~/.lftp/rc
582 source -e echo help
583 suspend
585 Stop lftp process. Note that transfers will be also stopped until you
587 continue the process with shell's fg or bg commands.
588 user user [pass]
590 user URL [pass]
591 Use specified info for remote login. If you specify an URL with user
593 name, the entered password will be cached so that futute URL references
594 can use it.
595 version
597 Print lftp version.
599 wait [jobno]
601 wait all
602 Wait for specified job to terminate. If jobno is omitted, wait for last
604 backgrounded job.
605 `wait all' waits for all jobs termination.
607 zcat files
609 Same as cat, but filter each file through zcat. (See also cat, more and
611 zmore)
612 zmore files
614 Same as more, but filter each file through zcat. (See also cat, zcat
616 and more)
617 Settings
620 On startup, lftp executes ~/.lftprc and ~/.lftp/rc. You can place
621 aliases and `set' commands there. Some people prefer to see full proto‐
622 col debug, use `debug' to turn the debug on.
623 There is also a system-wide startup file in /etc/lftp.conf. It can be
625 in different directory, see FILES section.
626 lftp has the following settable variables (you can also use `set -a' to
628 see all variables and their values):
629 bmk:save-passwords (boolean)
631 save plain text passwords in ~/.lftp/bookmarks on `bookmark add'
632 command. Off by default.
633 cmd:at-exit (string)
635 the commands in string are executed before lftp exits.
636 cmd:csh-history (boolean)
638 enables csh-like history expansion.
639 cmd:default-protocol (string)
641 The value is used when `open' is used with just host name with‐
642 out protocol. Default is `ftp'.
643 cmd:fail-exit (boolean)
645 if true, exit when an unconditional (without || and && at begin)
646 command fails.
647 cmd:long-running (seconds)
649 time of command execution, which is considered as `long' and a
650 beep is done before next prompt. 0 means off.
651 cmd:ls-default (string)
653 default ls argument
654 cmd:move-background (boolean)
656 when false, lftp refuses to go to background when exiting. To
657 force it, use `exit bg'.
658 cmd:prompt (string)
660 The prompt. lftp recognizes the following backslash-escaped spe‐
661 cial characters that are decoded as follows:
662 \@ insert @ if current user is not default
664 \a an ASCII bell character (07)
665 \e an ASCII escape character (033)
666 \h the hostname you are connected to
667 \n newline
668 \s the name of the client (lftp)
669 \S current slot name
670 \u the username of the user you are logged in as
671 \U the URL of the remote site (e.g.,
672 ftp://g437.ub.gu.se/home/james/src/lftp)
673 \v the version of lftp (e.g., 2.0.3)
674 \w the current working directory at the remote site
675 \W the base name of the current working directory at the
676 remote site
677 \nnn the character corresponding to the octal number nnn
678 \\ a backslash
679 \? skips next character if previous substitution was empty.
680 \[ begin a sequence of non-printing characters, which could
681 be used to embed a terminal control sequence into the
682 prompt
683 \] end a sequence of non-printing characters
684 cmd:parallel (boolean)
687 Number of jobs run in parallel in non-interactive mode. For
688 example, this may be useful for scripts with multiple `get' com‐
689 mands. Note that setting this to a value greater than 1 changes
690 conditional execution behaviour, basically makes it inconsis‐
691 tent.
692 cmd:queue-parallel (boolean)
694 Number of jobs run in parallel in a queue.
695 cmd:time-style (string)
697 This setting is the default value for cls --time-style option.
698 cache:cache-empty-listings (boolean)
700 When false, empty listings are not cached.
701 cache:enable (boolean)
703 When false, cache is disabled.
704 cache:expire (time interval)
706 Positive cache entries expire in this time interval.
707 cache:expire-negative (time interval)
709 Negative cache entries expire in this time interval.
710 cache:size (number)
712 Maximum cache size. When exceeded, oldest cache entries will be
713 removed from cache.
714 cmd:remote-completion (boolean)
716 a boolean to control whether or not lftp uses remote completion.
717 cmd:verify-host (boolean)
719 if true, lftp resolves host name immediately in `open' command.
720 It is also possible to skip the check for a single `open' com‐
721 mand if `&' is given, or if ^Z is pressed during the check.
722 cmd:verify-path (boolean)
724 if true, lftp checks the path given in `cd' command. It is also
725 possible to skip the check for a single `cd' command if `&' is
726 given, or if ^Z is pressed during the check. Examples:
727 set cmd:verify-path/hftp://* false
728 cd directory &
729 cmd:verify-path-cached (boolean)
731 When false, `cd' to a directory known from cache as existent
732 will succeed immediately. Otherwise the verification will
733 depend on cmd:verify-path setting.
734 dns:SRV-query (boolean)
736 query for SRV records and use them before gethostbyname. The SRV
737 records are only used if port is not explicitly specified. See
738 RFC2052 for details.
739 dns:cache-enable (boolean)
741 enable DNS cache. If it is off, lftp resolves host name each
742 time it reconnects.
743 dns:cache-expire (time interval)
745 time to live for DNS cache entries. It has format <num‐
746 ber><unit>+, e.g. 1d12h30m5s or just 36h. To disable expira‐
747 tion, set it to `inf' or `never'.
748 dns:cache-size (number)
750 maximum number of DNS cache entries.
751 dns:fatal-timeout (time interval)
753 limit the time for DNS queries. If DNS server is unavailable too
754 long, lftp will fail to resolve a given host name. Set to
755 `never' to disable.
756 dns:order (list of protocol names)
758 sets the order of DNS queries. Default is ``inet6 inet'' which
759 means first look up address in inet6 family, then inet and use
760 them in that order. To disable inet6 (AAAA) lookup, set this
761 variable to ``inet''.
762 dns:use-fork (boolean)
764 if true, lftp will fork before resolving host address. Default
765 is true.
766 dns:max-retries (number)
768 If zero, there is no limit on the number of times lftp will try
769 to lookup an address. If > 0, lftp will try only this number of
770 times to look up an address of each address family in dns:order.
771 file:charset (string)
773 local character set. It is set from current locale initially.
774 fish:charset (string)
776 the character set used by fish server in requests, replies and
777 file listings. Default is empty which means the same as local.
778 fish:connect-program (string)
780 the program to use for connecting to remote server. It should
781 support `-l' option for user name, `-p' for port number. Default
782 is `ssh -a -x'. You can set it to `rsh', for example.
783 fish:shell (string)
785 use specified shell on server side. Default is /bin/sh. On some
786 systems, /bin/sh exits when doing cd to a non-existent direc‐
787 tory. lftp can handle that but it has to reconnect. Set it to
788 /bin/bash for such systems if bash is installed.
789 ftp:acct (string)
791 Send this string in ACCT command after login. The result is
792 ignored. The closure for this setting has format user@host.
793 ftp:anon-pass (string)
795 sets the password used for anonymous ftp access authentication.
796 Default is "-name@", where name is the username of the user run‐
797 ning the program.
798 ftp:anon-user (string)
800 sets the user name used for anonymous ftp access authentication.
801 Default is "anonymous".
802 ftp:auto-sync-mode (regex)
804 if first server message matches this regex, turn on sync mode
805 for that host.
806 ftp:charset (string)
808 the character set used by ftp server in requests, replies and
809 file listings. Default is empty which means the same as local.
810 This setting is only used when the server does not support UTF8.
811 ftp:client (string)
813 the name of ftp client to send with CLNT command, if supported
814 by server. If it is empty, then no CLNT command will be sent.
815 ftp:bind-data-socket (boolean)
817 bind data socket to the interface of control connection (in pas‐
818 sive mode). Default is true, exception is the loopback inter‐
819 face.
820 ftp:fix-pasv-address (boolean)
822 if true, lftp will try to correct address returned by server for
823 PASV command in case when server address is in public network
824 and PASV returns an address from a private network. In this case
825 lftp would substitute server address instead of the one returned
826 by PASV command, port number would not be changed. Default is
827 true.
828 ftp:fxp-passive-source (boolean)
830 if true, lftp will try to set up source ftp server in passive
831 mode first, otherwise destination one. If first attempt fails,
832 lftp tries to set them up the other way. If the other disposi‐
833 tion fails too, lftp falls back to plain copy. See also ftp:use-
834 fxp.
835 ftp:home (string)
837 Initial directory. Default is empty string which means auto. Set
838 this to `/' if you don't like the look of %2F in ftp URLs. The
839 closure for this setting has format user@host.
840 ftp:ignore-pasv-address (boolean)
842 If true, lftp uses control connection address instead of the one
843 returned in PASV reply for data connection. This can be useful
844 for broken NATs. Default is false.
845 ftp:list-empty-ok (boolean)
847 if set to false, empty lists from LIST command will be treated
848 as incorrect, and another method (NLST) will be used.
849 ftp:list-options (string)
851 sets options which are always appended to LIST command. It can
852 be useful to set this to `-a' if server does not show dot (hid‐
853 den) files by default. Default is empty.
854 ftp:nop-interval (seconds)
856 delay between NOOP commands when downloading tail of a file.
857 This is useful for ftp servers which send "Transfer complete"
858 message before flushing data transfer. In such cases NOOP com‐
859 mands can prevent connection timeout.
860 ftp:passive-mode (boolean)
862 sets passive ftp mode. This can be useful if you are behind a
863 firewall or a dumb masquerading router. In passive mode lftp
864 uses PASV command, not the PORT command which is used in active
865 mode. In passive mode lftp itself makes the data connection to
866 the server; in active mode the server connects to lftp for data
867 transfer. Passive mode is the default.
868 ftp:port-ipv4 (ipv4 address)
870 specifies an IPv4 address to send with PORT command. Default is
871 empty which means to send the address of local end of control
872 connection.
873 ftp:port-range (from-to)
875 allowed port range for active mode. Format is min-max, or
876 `full' or `any' to indicate any port. Default is `full'.
877 ftp:proxy (URL)
879 specifies ftp proxy to use. To disable proxy set this to empty
880 string. Note that it is an ftp proxy which uses ftp protocol,
881 not ftp over http. Default value is taken from environment vari‐
882 able ftp_proxy if it starts with ``ftp://''. If your ftp proxy
883 requires authentication, specify user name and password in the
884 URL.
885 If ftp:proxy starts with http://, hftp (ftp over http proxy) is used
887 instead of ftp automatically.
888 ftp:proxy-auth-joined (boolean)
890 when true, lftp sends ``user@proxy_user@ftp.example.org'' as
891 user name to proxy, and ``password@proxy_password'' as password.
892 When false, it first sends proxy user and proxy password and
893 then ``user@ftp.example.org'' and password.
894 ftp:rest-list (boolean)
896 allow usage of REST command before LIST command. This might be
897 useful for large directories, but some ftp servers silently
898 ignore REST before LIST.
899 ftp:rest-stor (boolean)
901 if false, lftp will not try to use REST before STOR. This can be
902 useful for some buggy servers which corrupt (fill with zeros)
903 the file if REST followed by STOR is used.
904 ftp:retry-530 (regex)
906 Retry on server reply 530 for PASS command if text matches this
907 regular expression. This setting should be useful to distin‐
908 guish between overloaded server (temporary condition) and incor‐
909 rect password (permanent condition).
910 ftp:retry-530-anonymous (regex)
912 Additional regular expression for anonymous login, like
913 ftp:retry-530.
914 ftp:site-group (string)
916 Send this string in SITE GROUP command after login. The result
917 is ignored. The closure for this setting has format user@host.
918 ftp:skey-allow (boolean)
920 allow sending skey/opie reply if server appears to support it.
921 On by default.
922 ftp:skey-force (boolean)
924 do not send plain text password over the network, use skey/opie
925 instead. If skey/opie is not available, assume failed login. Off
926 by default.
927 ftp:ssl-allow (boolean)
929 if true, try to negotiate SSL connection with ftp server for
930 non-anonymous access. Default is true. This and other ssl set‐
931 tings are only available if lftp was compiled with an ssl/tls
932 library.
933 ftp:ssl-data-use-keys (boolean)
935 if true, lftp loads ssl:key-file for protected data connection
936 too. When false, it does not, and the server can match data and
937 control connections by session ID. Default is true.
938 ftp:ssl-force (boolean)
940 if true, refuse to send password in clear when server does not
941 support SSL. Default is false.
942 ftp:ssl-protect-data (boolean)
944 if true, request ssl connection for data transfers. This is cpu-
945 intensive but provides privacy. Default is false.
946 ftp:ssl-protect-fxp (boolean)
948 if true, request ssl connection for data transfer between two
949 ftp servers in FXP mode. CPSV or SSCN command will be used in
950 that case. If ssl connection fails for some reason, lftp would
951 try unprotected FXP transfer unless ftp:ssl-force is set for any
952 of the two servers. Default is false.
953 ftp:ssl-protect-list (boolean)
955 if true, request ssl connection for file list transfers. Default
956 is true.
957 ftp:ssl-use-ccc (boolean)
959 if true, lftp would issue CCC command after logon, thus disable
960 ssl protection layer on control connection.
961 ftp:stat-interval (time interval)
963 interval between STAT commands. Default is 1 second.
964 ftp:sync-mode (boolean)
966 if true, lftp will send one command at a time and wait for
967 response. This might be useful if you are using a buggy ftp
968 server or router. When it is off, lftp sends a pack of commands
969 and waits for responses - it speeds up operation when round trip
970 time is significant. Unfortunately it does not work with all
971 ftp servers and some routers have troubles with it, so it is on
972 by default.
973 ftp:timezone (string)
975 Assume this timezone for time in listings returned by LIST com‐
976 mand. This setting can be GMT offset [+|-]HH[:MM[:SS]] or any
977 valid TZ value (e.g. Europe/Moscow or
978 MSK-3MSD,M3.5.0,M10.5.0/3). The default is GMT. Set it to an
979 empty value to assume local timezone specified by environment
980 variable TZ.
981 ftp:use-abor (boolean)
983 if false, lftp does not send ABOR command but closes data con‐
984 nection immediately.
985 ftp:use-allo (boolean)
987 when true (default), lftp sends ALLO command before uploading a
988 file.
989 ftp:use-feat (boolean)
991 when true (default), lftp uses FEAT command to determine
992 extended features of ftp server.
993 ftp:use-fxp (boolean)
995 if true, lftp will try to set up direct connection between two
996 ftp servers.
997 ftp:use-hftp (boolean)
999 when ftp:proxy points to an http proxy, this setting selects
1000 hftp method (GET, HEAD) when true, and CONNECT method when
1001 false. Default is true.
1002 ftp:lang (boolean)
1004 the language selected with LANG command, if supported as indi‐
1005 cated by FEAT response. Default is empty which means server
1006 default.
1007 ftp:use-mdtm (boolean)
1009 when true (default), lftp uses MDTM command to determine file
1010 modification time.
1011 ftp:use-mdtm-overloaded (boolean)
1013 when true, lftp uses two argument MDTM command to set file modi‐
1014 fication time on uploaded files. Default is false.
1015 ftp:use-site-idle (boolean)
1017 when true, lftp sends `SITE IDLE' command with net:idle argu‐
1018 ment. Default is false.
1019 ftp:use-site-utime (boolean)
1021 when true, lftp sends `SITE UTIME' command to set file modifica‐
1022 tion time on uploaded files. Default is true.
1023 ftp:use-size (boolean)
1025 when true (default), lftp uses SIZE command to determine file
1026 size.
1027 ftp:use-stat (boolean)
1029 if true, lftp sends STAT command in FXP mode transfer to know
1030 how much data has been transferred. See also ftp:stat-interval.
1031 Default is true.
1032 ftp:use-telnet-iac (boolean)
1034 when true (default), lftp uses TELNET IAC command and follows
1035 TELNET protocol as specified in RFC959. When false, it does not
1036 follow TELNET protocol and thus does not double 255 (0xFF, 0377)
1037 character and does not prefix ABOR and STAT commands with TELNET
1038 IP+SYNCH signal.
1039 ftp:use-quit (boolean)
1041 if true, lftp sends QUIT before disconnecting from ftp server.
1042 Default is true.
1043 ftp:verify-address (boolean)
1045 verify that data connection comes from the network address of
1046 control connection peer. This can possibly prevent data connec‐
1047 tion spoofing which can lead to data corruption. Unfortunately,
1048 this can fail for certain ftp servers with several network
1049 interfaces, when they do not set outgoing address on data
1050 socket, so it is disabled by default.
1051 ftp:verify-port (boolean)
1053 verify that data connection has port 20 (ftp-data) on its remote
1054 end. This can possibly prevent data connection spoofing by
1055 users of remote host. Unfortunately, too many windows and even
1056 unix ftp servers forget to set proper port on data connection,
1057 thus this check is off by default.
1058 ftp:web-mode (boolean)
1060 disconnect after closing data connection. This can be useful for
1061 totally broken ftp servers. Default is false.
1062 ftps:initial-prot (string)
1064 specifies initial PROT setting for FTPS connections. Should be
1065 one of: C, S, E, P, or empty. Default is empty which means
1066 unknown, so that lftp will use PROT command unconditionally. If
1067 PROT command turns out to be unsupported, then Clear mode would
1068 be assumed.
1069 hftp:cache (boolean)
1071 allow server/proxy side caching for ftp-over-http protocol.
1072 hftp:cache-control (string)
1074 specify corresponding HTTP request header.
1075 hftp:proxy (URL)
1077 specifies http proxy for ftp-over-http protocol (hftp). The pro‐
1078 tocol hftp cannot work without a http proxy, obviously. Default
1079 value is taken from environment variable ftp_proxy if it starts
1080 with ``http://'', otherwise from environment variable
1081 http_proxy. If your ftp proxy requires authentication, specify
1082 user name and password in the URL.
1083 hftp:use-authorization (boolean)
1085 if set to off, lftp will send password as part of URL to the
1086 proxy. This may be required for some proxies (e.g. M-soft).
1087 Default is on, and lftp will send password as part of Authoriza‐
1088 tion header.
1089 hftp:use-head (boolean)
1091 if set to off, lftp will try to use `GET' instead of `HEAD' for
1092 hftp protocol. While this is slower, it may allow lftp to work
1093 with some proxies which don't understand or mishandle ``HEAD
1094 ftp://'' requests.
1095 hftp:use-mkcol (boolean)
1097 if set to off, lftp will try to use `PUT' instead of `MKCOL' to
1098 create directories with hftp protocol. Default is off.
1099 hftp:use-propfind (boolean)
1101 if set to off, lftp will not try to use `PROPFIND' to get direc‐
1102 tory contents with hftp protocol and use `GET' instead. Default
1103 is off.
1104 hftp:use-type (boolean)
1106 If set to off, lftp won't try to append `;type=' to URLs passed
1107 to proxy. Some broken proxies don't handle it correctly.
1108 Default is on.
1109 http:accept, http:accept-charset, http:accept-language (string)
1111 specify corresponding HTTP request headers.
1112 http:authorization (string)
1114 the authorization to use by default, when no user is specified.
1115 The format is ``user:password''. Default is empty which means no
1116 authorization.
1117 http:cache (boolean)
1119 allow server/proxy side caching.
1120 http:cache-control (string)
1122 specify corresponding HTTP request header.
1123 http:cookie (string)
1125 send this cookie to server. A closure is useful here:
1126 set cookie/www.somehost.com "param=value"
1127 http:post-content-type (string)
1129 specifies value of Content-Type http request header for POST
1130 method. Default is ``application/x-www-form-urlencoded''.
1131 http:proxy (URL)
1133 specifies http proxy. It is used when lftp works over http pro‐
1134 tocol. Default value is taken from environment variable
1135 http_proxy. If your proxy requires authentication, specify user
1136 name and password in the URL.
1137 http:put-method (PUT or POST)
1139 specifies which http method to use on put.
1140 http:put-content-type (string)
1142 specifies value of Content-Type http request header for PUT
1143 method.
1144 http:referer (string)
1146 specifies value for Referer http request header. Single dot `.'
1147 expands to current directory URL. Default is `.'. Set to empty
1148 string to disable Referer header.
1149 http:set-cookies (boolean)
1151 if true, lftp modifies http:cookie variables when Set-Cookie
1152 header is received.
1153 http:use-mkcol (boolean)
1155 if set to off, lftp will try to use `PUT' instead of `MKCOL' to
1156 create directories with http protocol. Default is on.
1157 http:use-propfind (boolean)
1159 if set to off, lftp will not try to use `PROPFIND' to get direc‐
1160 tory contents with http protocol and use `GET' instead. Default
1161 is on.
1162 http:user-agent (string)
1164 the string lftp sends in User-Agent header of HTTP request.
1165 https:proxy (string)
1167 specifies https proxy. Default value is taken from environment
1168 variable https_proxy.
1169 mirror:dereference (boolean)
1171 when true, mirror will dereference symbolic links by default.
1172 You can override it by --no-dereference option. Default if
1173 false.
1174 mirror:exclude-regex (regex)
1176 specifies default exclusion pattern. You can override it by
1177 --include option.
1178 mirror:include-regex (regex)
1180 specifies default inclusion pattern. It is used just after mir‐
1181 ror:exclude-regex is applied. It is never used if mir‐
1182 ror:exclude-regex is empty.
1183 mirror:order (list of patterns)
1185 specifies order of file transfers. E.g. setting this to "*.sfv
1186 *.sum" makes mirror to transfer files matching *.sfv first, then
1187 ones matching *.sum and then all other files. To process direc‐
1188 tories after other files, add "*/" to end of pattern list.
1189 mirror:parallel-directories (boolean)
1191 if true, mirror will start processing of several directories in
1192 parallel when it is in parallel mode. Otherwise, it will trans‐
1193 fer files from a single directory before moving to other direc‐
1194 tories.
1195 mirror:parallel-transfer-count (number)
1197 specifies number of parallel transfers mirror is allowed to
1198 start. Default is 1. You can override it with --parallel
1199 option.
1200 mirror:set-permissions (boolean)
1202 When set to off, mirror won't try to copy file and directory
1203 permissions. You can override it by --perms option. Default is
1204 on.
1205 mirror:use-pget-n (number)
1207 specifies -n option for pget command used to transfer every sin‐
1208 gle file under mirror. Default is 1 which disables pget.
1209 module:path (string)
1211 colon separated list of directories to look for modules. Can be
1212 initialized by environment variable LFTP_MODULE_PATH. Default is
1213 `PKGLIBDIR/VERSION:PKGLIBDIR'.
1214 net:connection-limit (number)
1216 maximum number of concurrent connections to the same site. 0
1217 means unlimited.
1218 net:connection-takeover (boolean)
1220 if true, foreground connections have priority over background
1221 ones and can interrupt background transfers to complete a fore‐
1222 ground operation.
1223 net:idle (time interval)
1225 disconnect from server after this idle time. Default is 3 min‐
1226 utes.
1227 net:limit-rate (bytes per second)
1229 limit transfer rate on data connection. 0 means unlimited. You
1230 can specify two numbers separated by colon to limit download and
1231 upload rate separately.
1232 net:limit-max (bytes)
1234 limit accumulating of unused limit-rate. 0 means unlimited.
1235 net:limit-total-rate (bytes per second)
1237 limit transfer rate of all connections in sum. 0 means unlim‐
1238 ited. You can specify two numbers separated by colon to limit
1239 download and upload rate separately. Note that sockets have
1240 receive buffers on them, this can lead to network link load
1241 higher than this rate limit just after transfer beginning. You
1242 can try to set net:socket-buffer to relatively small value to
1243 avoid this.
1244 net:limit-total-max (bytes)
1246 limit accumulating of unused limit-total-rate. 0 means unlim‐
1247 ited.
1248 net:max-retries (number)
1250 the maximum number of sequential retries of an operation without
1251 success. 0 means unlimited.
1252 net:no-proxy (string)
1254 contains comma separated list of domains for which proxy should
1255 not be used. Default is taken from environment variable
1256 no_proxy.
1257 net:persist-retries (number)
1259 ignore this number of hard errors. Useful to login to buggy ftp
1260 servers which reply 5xx when there is too many users.
1261 net:reconnect-interval-base (seconds)
1263 sets the base minimal time between reconnects. Actual interval
1264 depends on net:reconnect-interval-multiplier and number of
1265 attempts to perform an operation.
1266 net:reconnect-interval-max (seconds)
1268 sets maximum reconnect interval. When current interval after
1269 multiplication by net:reconnect-interval-multiplier reachs this
1270 value (or exceeds it), it is reset back to net:reconnect-inter‐
1271 val-base.
1272 net:reconnect-interval-multiplier (real number)
1274 sets multiplier by which base interval is multiplied each time
1275 new attempt to perform an operation fails. When the interval
1276 reachs maximum, it is reset to base value. See net:reconnect-
1277 interval-base and net:reconnect-interval-max.
1278 net:socket-bind-ipv4 (ipv4 address)
1280 bind all IPv4 sockets to specified address. This can be useful
1281 to select a specific network interface to use. Default is empty
1282 which means not to bind IPv4 sockets, operating system will
1283 choose an address automatically using routing table.
1284 net:socket-bind-ipv6 (ipv6 address)
1286 the same for IPv6 sockets.
1287 net:socket-buffer (bytes)
1289 use given size for SO_SNDBUF and SO_RCVBUF socket options. 0
1290 means system default.
1291 net:socket-maxseg (bytes)
1293 use given size for TCP_MAXSEG socket option. Not all operating
1294 systems support this option, but linux does.
1295 net:timeout (time interval)
1297 sets the network protocol timeout.
1298 pget:default-n (number)
1300 default number of chunks to split the file to in pget.
1301 pget:save-status (time interval)
1303 save pget transfer status this often. Set to `never' to disable
1304 saving of the status file. The status is saved to a file with
1305 suffix .lftp-pget-status.
1306 sftp:charset (string)
1308 the character set used by sftp server in file names and file
1309 listings. Default is empty which means the same as local. This
1310 setting is only used for sftp protocol version prior to 4. Ver‐
1311 sion 4 and later always use UTF-8.
1312 sftp:connect-program (string)
1314 the program to use for connecting to remote server. It should
1315 support `-l' option for user name, `-p' for port number. Default
1316 is `ssh -a -x'. You can set it to `rsh', for example.
1317 sftp:max-packets-in-flight (number)
1319 The maximum number of unreplied packets in flight. If round trip
1320 time is significant, you should increase this and size-
1321 read/size-write. Default is 16.
1322 sftp:protocol-version (number)
1324 The protocol number to negotiate. Default is 4. The actual pro‐
1325 tocol version used depends on server.
1326 sftp:server-program (string)
1328 The server program implementing SFTP protocol. If it does not
1329 contain a slash `/', it is considered a ssh2 subsystem and -s
1330 option is used when starting connect-program. Default is
1331 `sftp'. You can use rsh as transport level protocol like this:
1332 set sftp:connect-program rsh
1333 set sftp:server-program /usr/libexec/openssh/sftp-server
1334 Similarly you can run sftp over ssh1.
1335 sftp:size-read (number)
1337 Block size for reading. Default is 0x8000.
1338 sftp:size-write (number)
1340 Block size for writing. Default is 0x8000.
1341 ssl:ca-file (path to file)
1343 use specified file as Certificate Authority certificate.
1344 ssl:ca-path (path to directory)
1346 use specified directory as Certificate Authority certificate
1347 repository.
1348 ssl:crl-file (path to file)
1350 use specified file as Certificate Revocation List certificate.
1351 ssl:crl-path (path to directory)
1353 use specified directory as Certificate Revocation List certifi‐
1354 cate repository.
1355 ssl:key-file (path to file)
1357 use specified file as your private key.
1358 ssl:cert-file (path to file)
1360 use specified file as your certificate.
1361 ssl:verify-certificate (boolean)
1363 if set to yes, then verify server's certificate to be signed by
1364 a known Certificate Authority and not be on Certificate Revoca‐
1365 tion List.
1366 xfer:clobber (boolean)
1368 if this setting is off, get commands will not overwrite existing
1369 files and generate an error instead. Default is on.
1370 xfer:destination-directory (path or URL to directory)
1372 This setting is used as default -O option for get and mget com‐
1373 mands. Default is empty, which means current directory (no -O
1374 option).
1375 xfer:eta-period (seconds)
1377 the period over which weighted average rate is calculated to
1378 produce ETA.
1379 xfer:eta-terse (boolean)
1381 show terse ETA (only high order parts). Default is true.
1382 xfer:max-redirections (number)
1384 maximum number of redirections. This can be useful for download‐
1385 ing over HTTP. Default is 0, which prohibits redirections.
1386 xfer:rate-period (seconds)
1388 the period over which weighted average rate is calculated to be
1389 shown.
1390 The name of a variable can be abbreviated unless it becomes ambiguous.
1393 The prefix before `:' can be omitted too. You can set one variable sev‐
1394 eral times for different closures, and thus you can get a particular
1395 settings for particular state. The closure is to be specified after
1396 variable name separated with slash `/'.
1397 The closure for `dns:', `net:', `ftp:', `http:', `hftp:' domain vari‐
1399 ables is currently just the host name as you specify it in the `open'
1400 command (with some exceptions where closure is meaningless, e.g.
1401 dns:cache-size). For some `cmd:' domain variables the closure is cur‐
1402 rent URL without path. For other variables it is not currently used.
1403 See examples in the sample lftp.conf.
1404 Certain commands and settings take a time interval parameter. It has
1406 the format Nx[Nx...], where N is time amount (floating point) and x is
1407 time unit: d - days, h - hours, m - minutes, s - seconds. Default unit
1408 is second. E.g. 5h30m or 5.5h. Also the interval can be `infinity',
1409 `inf', `never', `forever' - it means infinite interval. E.g. `sleep
1410 forever' or `set dns:cache-expire never'.
1411 FTP asynchronous mode (pipelining)
1414 Lftp can speed up ftp operations by sending several commands at once
1415 and then checking all the responses. See ftp:sync-mode variable. Some‐
1416 times this does not work, thus synchronous mode is the default. You can
1417 try to turn synchronous mode off and see if it works for you. It is
1418 known that some network software dealing with address translation works
1419 incorrectly in the case of several FTP commands in one network packet.
1420 RFC959 says: ``The user-process sending another command before the com‐
1422 pletion reply would be in violation of protocol; but server-FTP pro‐
1423 cesses should queue any commands that arrive while a preceding command
1424 is in progress''. Also, RFC1123 says: ``Implementors MUST NOT assume
1425 any correspondence between READ boundaries on the control connection
1426 and the Telnet EOL sequences (CR LF).'' and ``a single READ from the
1427 control connection may include more than one FTP command''.
1428 So it must be safe to send several commands at once, which speeds up
1430 operation a lot and seems to work with all Unix and VMS based ftp
1431 servers. Unfortunately, windows based servers often cannot handle sev‐
1432 eral commands in one packet, and so cannot some broken routers.
1433
1436 -d Switch on debugging mode
1437 -e commands
1439 Execute given commands and don't exit.
1440 -p port
1442 Use the given port to connect
1443 -u user[,pass]
1445 Use the given username and password to connect
1446 -f script_file
1448 Execute commands in the file and exit
1449 -c commands
1451 Execute the given commands and exit
1452
1455 The following environment variables are processed by lftp:
1456 HOME Used for (local) tilde (`~') expansion
1458 SHELL Used by the ! command to determine the shell to run.
1460 PAGER This should be the name of the pager to use. It's used by the
1462 more and zmore commands.
1463 http_proxy, https_proxy
1465 Used to set initial http:proxy, hftp:proxy and https:proxy vari‐
1466 ables.
1467 ftp_proxy
1469 Used to set initial ftp:proxy or hftp:proxy variables, depending
1470 on URL protocol used in this environment variable.
1471 no_proxy
1473 Used to set initial net:no-proxy variable.
1474 LFTP_MODULE_PATH
1476 Used to set initial module:path variable.
1477 LFTP_HOME
1479 Used to locate the directory that stores user-specific configu‐
1480 ration files. If unset, ~/.lftp will be used.
1481
1484 /etc/lftp.conf
1485 system-wide startup file. Actual location depends on
1486 --sysconfdir configure option. It is /etc when prefix is /usr,
1487 /usr/local/etc by default.
1488 ~/.lftp/rc, ~/.lftprc
1491 These files are executed on lftp startup after /etc/lftp.conf.
1492 ~/.lftp/log
1494 The file things are logged to when lftp moves into the back‐
1495 ground in nohup mode.
1496 ~/.lftp/bookmarks
1498 The file is used to store lftp's bookmarks. See the bookmark
1499 command.
1500 ~/.lftp/cwd_history
1502 The file is used to store last working directories for each site
1503 visited.
1504 ~/.netrc
1506 The file is consulted to get default login and password to ftp
1507 server. Passwords are also searched here if an URL with user
1508 name but with no password is used.
1509
1512 ftpd(8), ftp(1)
1513 RFC854 (telnet), RFC959 (ftp), RFC1123, RFC1945 (http/1.0), RFC2052
1514 (SRV RR), RFC2228 (ftp security extensions), RFC2389 (ftp FEAT),
1515 RFC2428 (ftp/ipv6), RFC2518 (WebDAV), RFC2616 (http/1.1), RFC2617
1516 (http/1.1 authentication), RFC2640 (ftp i18n), RFC4217 (ftp over ssl).
1517 http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ftpext-mlst-16.txt (ftp
1518 extensions over RFC959),
1519 http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer-10.txt
1520 (sftp).
1521
1524 Alexander V. Lukyanov
1525 lav@yars.free.net
1526
1529 This manual page was originally written by Christoph Lameter <clame‐
1530 ter@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system. The page was improved
1531 and updated later by Nicolas Lichtmaier <nick@Feedback.com.ar>, James
1532 Troup <J.J.Troup@comp.brad.ac.uk> and Alexander V. Lukyanov
1533 <lav@yars.free.net>.
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