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Package: lftp (3.5.4-1~bpo.1) [backports]

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, Network Protocol: FTP, HTTP, IPv6, SFTP, Role: role::sw:client, Interface Toolkit: Ncurses TUI, Purpose: Downloading, Works with: Files

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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 619.9 kB1696 kB [list of files]
amd64 536.0 kB1460 kB [list of files]
arm 500.5 kB1320 kB [list of files]
hppa 581.3 kB1508 kB [list of files]
i386 516.9 kB1376 kB [list of files]
ia64 690.6 kB2172 kB [list of files]
mips 584.2 kB1956 kB [list of files]
mipsel 581.9 kB1820 kB [list of files]
powerpc 527.3 kB1424 kB [list of files]
sparc 505.1 kB1360 kB [list of files]