How To Use Rsync With An FTP Server

Author: erics, Posted February 25th, 2012 at 12:21:07pm

Prerequisites: curlftpfs and rsync programs must be installed!

Create a mount point, then mount the remote directory:

mkdir /path/to/mount/ftp/server/on
curlftpfs -o user=yourLogin:yourPassword yourServer /path/to/mount

1 2	mkdir /path/to/mount/ftp/server/on curlftpfs -o user=yourLogin:yourPassword yourServer /path/to/mount

Now rsync the mounted FTP directory to your local directory:

rsync -av --progress /path/to/mount/ftp/server/on/ /path/on/local/host/

1	rsync -av --progress /path/to/mount/ftp/server/on/ /path/on/local/host/

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