Hi lftp list,
I'm using the mirror function of lftp to regularly update a huge amount
of data. Because of space issues, I need to split the data on several
volumes, and I use symbolic links (symlinks) to simulate the original
directory structure. However, in such a situtation, lftp, at mirroring
time, destroys the existing symlink, recreates the directory and
downloads its whole content again :
Example, in the below structure, the mirror command destroys symlinks b
and c (FTP server contains
/mnt/vol1/data
a
b -> /mnt/vol2/data/b
c -> /mnt/vol2/data/c
Transferring file `a/file.ext'
Removing old local file `b'
Making directory `b'
Transferring file `b/file.ext'
Isn't there a way to tell lftp not to delete local symlinks if existing
and consider them as directory (the normal behaviour when using the
shell) ? I tried the -L and mirror:dereference options, but I think they
are only for remote symlinks, not local ones.
For now, to avoid the problem, I have to run the script below, having
separates commands for any directory represented by a symlink, but I
don't like it as if I need to split more, I will every time need to
modify the script:
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mirror --exclude=b/.* --exclude=c/.*
lcd b #this command follows correctly the local symlink
mirror b .
lcd -
lcd c
mirror c.
lcd -
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If it is not yet possible, this would be feature request (I could try to
contribute, if you think it would require few changes, but I didn't work
with c/c++ for a long time)
Thank you anyway for this wonderful tool,
Franck
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