I have a ftp location and I need to write shell script to mirror it in a specific interval. I will set the timer with Linux cron but how can I use ftp to mirror the remote folder with my local folder.
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I have a ftp location and I need to write shell script to mirror it in a specific interval. I will set the timer with Linux cron but how can I use ftp to mirror the remote folder with my local folder.
Try using this…..
#!/bin/bashHOST='172.13.17.11'USER='username'PASS='password'TARGETFOLDER='/mnt/htdocs/businessfiles/files'SOURCEFOLDER='/somefolder'lftp -f "open $HOSTuser $USER $PASSlcd $TARGETFOLDERmirror --verbose $SOURCEFOLDER $TARGETFOLDERbye“`