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Package: lftp (3.7.3-1)

Sophisticated command-line FTP/HTTP client programs

Lftp is a file retrieving tool that supports FTP, HTTP, FISH, SFTP, HTTPS and FTPS protocols under both IPv4 and IPv6. Lftp has an amazing set of features, while preserving its interface as simple and easy as possible.

The main two advantages over other ftp clients are reliability and ability to perform tasks in background. It will reconnect and reget the file being transferred if the connection broke. You can start a transfer in background and continue browsing on the ftp site. It does this all in one process. When you have started background jobs and feel you are done, you can just exit lftp and it automatically moves to nohup mode and completes the transfers. It has also such nice features as reput and mirror. It can also download a file as soon as possible by using several connections at the same time.

Lftp can also be scriptable, it can be used to mirror sites, it lets you copy files among remote servers (even between FTP and HTTP). It has an extensive online help. It supports bookmarks, and connecting to several ftp/http sites at the same time.

This package also includes lftpget - A simple non-interactive tool for downloading files.

http://lftp.yar.ru/

Tags: File Transfer: FTP, User Interface: Command Shell, Text-based Interactive, Networking: Client, Network Protocol: FTP, HTTP, IPv6, SFTP, Role: Program, Interface Toolkit: Ncurses TUI, Purpose: Downloading, Works with: Files

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alpha 692.5 kB1936 kB [list of files]
amd64 642.4 kB1704 kB [list of files]
arm 562.3 kB1472 kB [list of files]
armel 566.6 kB1496 kB [list of files]
hppa 658.7 kB1760 kB [list of files]
i386 571.8 kB1364 kB [list of files]
ia64 856.2 kB2632 kB [list of files]
mips 634.2 kB1932 kB [list of files]
mipsel 631.9 kB1932 kB [list of files]
powerpc 598.9 kB1644 kB [list of files]
s390 616.7 kB1616 kB [list of files]
sparc 567.2 kB1524 kB [list of files]