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Package: lftp (4.0.2-1)

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.

Tags: 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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    dep: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.4.0) [armel]
  • dep: libgcc4 (>= 4.1.1) [hppa]
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  • dep: libgnutls26 (>= 2.7.14-0)
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  • dep: libncurses5 (>= 5.6+20071006-3)
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  • dep: libreadline6
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amd64 704.6 kB1864 kB [list of files]
armel 624.5 kB1644 kB [list of files]
hppa 712.9 kB1832 kB [list of files]
i386 628.9 kB1688 kB [list of files]
ia64 943.9 kB2900 kB [list of files]
mips 673.4 kB2068 kB [list of files]
mipsel 671.9 kB2068 kB [list of files]
powerpc 652.4 kB1796 kB [list of files]
s390 674.2 kB1772 kB [list of files]
sparc 620.7 kB1664 kB [list of files]