Hi, lftp man pages is odd, see section for 'mirror' command.
~~~ $ cat /usr/local/man/cat1/lftp.0 | col -b | sed -n '/mirror.*OPTS/,/When using \-R/p' | head mirror [OPTS] [source [target]] Mirror specified source directory to local target directory. If the target directory ends with a slash (except the root), the source base name is appended to target directory name. Source and/or target can be URLs pointing to directories. l1 l lx . -c, --continue T{ continue a mirror job if possible T} -e, --delete T{ delete files not present at remote site T} --delete-first T{ delete old files before ~~~ On EL7: ~~~ # man -P cat lftp | col -b | sed -n '/mirror.*OPTS/,/When using \-R/p' | head mirror [OPTS] ing to directories. -c, --continue continue a mirror job if possible -e, --delete delete files not present at remote site --delete-first delete old files before transferring new ones --depth-first descend into subdirectories before transferring files -s, --allow-suid set suid/sgid bits according to remote site [source [target]] Mirror specified source directory to local target directory. If target directory ends with a slash, the source base name is appended to target directory name. Source and/or target can be URLs point ~~~ j.