LFTP mirror options

lftp-mirror.txt

-c,      --continue                 continue a mirror job if possible
-e,      --delete                   delete files not present at the source
         --delete-excluded          delete files excluded at the target
         --delete-first             delete old files before transferring new ones
         --depth-first              descend into  subdirectories  before  transferring
                                    files
         --scan-all-first           scan  all directories recursively before transfer‐
                                    ring files
-s,      --allow-suid               set suid/sgid bits according to the source
         --allow-chown              try to set owner and group on files
         --ascii                    use ascii mode transfers (implies --ignore-size)
         --ignore-time              ignore time when deciding whether to download
         --ignore-size              ignore size when deciding whether to download
         --only-missing             download only missing files
         --only-existing            download only files already existing at target
-n,      --only-newer               download only newer files (-c won't work)
         --upload-older             upload even files older than the target ones
         --transfer-all             transfer all files, even seemingly the same at the
                                    target site
         --no-empty-dirs            don't    create    empty    directories   (implies
                                    --depth-first)
-r,      --no-recursion             don't go to subdirectories
         --recursion=MODE           go to subdirectories on a condition
         --no-symlinks              don't create symbolic links
-p,      --no-perms                 don't set file permissions
         --no-umask                 don't apply umask to file modes
-R,      --reverse                  reverse mirror (put files)
-L,      --dereference              download symbolic links as files
         --overwrite                overwrite plain files without removing them first
         --no-overwrite             remove and re-create plain files instead of  over‐
                                    writing
-N,      --newer-than=SPEC          download only files newer than specified time
         --older-than=SPEC          download only files older than specified time
         --size-range=RANGE         download only files with size in specified range
-P,      --parallel[=N]             download N files in parallel
         --use-pget[-n=N]           use pget to transfer every single file
         --on-change=CMD            execute the command if anything has been changed
         --loop                     repeat mirror until no changes found
-i RX,   --include=RX               include matching files
-x RX,   --exclude=RX               exclude matching files
-I GP,   --include-glob=GP          include matching files
-X GP,   --exclude-glob=GP          exclude matching files
         --include-rx-from=FILE
         --exclude-rx-from=FILE
         --include-glob-from=FILE
         --exclude-glob-from=FILE   load  include/exclude  patterns from the file, one
                                    per line
-f FILE, --file=FILE                mirror  a  single  file  or  globbed  group  (e.g.
                                    /path/to/*.txt)
-F DIR,  --directory=DIR            mirror  a  single directory or globbed group (e.g.
                                    /path/to/dir*)
-O DIR,  --target-directory=DIR     target base path or URL
-v,      --verbose[=level]          verbose operation
         --log=FILE                 write lftp commands being executed to FILE
         --script=FILE              write lftp commands to  FILE,  but  don't  execute
                                    them
         --just-print, --dry-run    same as --script=-
         --max-errors=N             stop after this number of errors
         --skip-noaccess            don't try to transfer files with no read access.
         --use-cache                use cached directory listings
         --Remove-source-files      remove  source files after transfer (use with cau‐
                                    tion)
         --Remove-source-dirs       remove source files and directories after transfer
                                    (use  with  caution).   Top level directory is not
                                    removed if it's name ends with a slash.
         --Move                     same as --Remove-source-dirs
-a                                  same as --allow-chown --allow-suid --no-umask
RX is an extended regular expression, just like in egrep(1).

GP is a glob pattern, e.g. `*.zip'.