lftp 4.2.3 I executed a mirror to download a folder.
The FTP server log: Jun 1 07:06:58 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [mdtm] [04518] Jun 1 07:06:58 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:06:58 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:07:08 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:07:08 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:07:19 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:07:19 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:07:31 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:07:31 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:07:45 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:07:45 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:08:02 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:08:02 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:08:22 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:08:22 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:08:46 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:08:46 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:09:15 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:09:15 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:09:45 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:09:45 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:10:15 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:10:15 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:10:45 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:10:45 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:11:15 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:11:15 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:11:45 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:11:45 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:12:15 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:12:15 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:12:45 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:12:45 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:13:15 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:13:15 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:13:45 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:13:45 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:14:16 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:14:16 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:14:46 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:14:46 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:15:16 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:15:16 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:15:47 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:15:47 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:16:17 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:16:17 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:16:47 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:16:47 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:17:17 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:17:17 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:17:47 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:17:47 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:18:17 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:18:17 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:18:48 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:18:48 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:19:18 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:19:18 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:19:49 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:19:49 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:20:19 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:20:19 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:20:49 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:20:49 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:21:20 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:21:20 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:21:50 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:21:50 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:22:20 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:22:20 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:22:50 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:22:50 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:23:21 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:23:21 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:23:51 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:23:51 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:24:22 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:24:22 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:24:52 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:24:52 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:25:22 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:25:22 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:25:52 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:25:52 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:26:22 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:26:22 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:26:52 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:26:52 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:27:22 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:27:22 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:27:53 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:27:53 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:28:23 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:28:23 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:28:54 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:28:54 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:29:24 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:29:24 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:29:54 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:29:54 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:30:25 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:30:25 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:30:55 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:30:55 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory Jun 1 07:31:25 pure-ftpd: [DEBUG] Command [cwd] [/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518] Jun 1 07:31:25 pure-ftpd: [INFO] Can't change directory to /juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518: No such file or directory This folder "/juan/folder1/BDMV/META/04518" doesn't exist. It exists a folder with this name but it's in another folder: "/juan/folder1/BDMV/JAR/04518". It isn't the first time that I see this error in log. By other side, lftp sometimes try to retrieve files that it doesn't exist: $ grep ERROR /var/log/ftp.log May 31 19:02:58 pure-ftpd: [ERROR] Can't open Cover (U.K.).JPG: No such file or directory May 31 19:03:01 pure-ftpd: [ERROR] Can't open Cover Front (Deutsch).jpg: No such file or directory May 31 19:03:01 pure-ftpd: [ERROR] Can't open Cover Front (Deutsch).jpg: No such file or directory I think the problem is the mirror command when it generates the folder/file list to retrieve. Regards.