Bill Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Okay, I've got a server that allows external FTP uploads from
> various people.
>
> I have another server onto which I want to grab any new files from that
> FTP server.
>
> I can use ncftpget to recursively grab EVERYTHING that the users have
> uploaded, but I want only the NEW stuff.
>
> Obviously, rsync is the perfect tool for this, but (at the moment, at least),
> one can't even SSH into this box remotely!  It's completely locked down,
> except for the FTP uploads (which I presume is locked down 'enough' :) )
>
> Unfortunately, I don't see any command-line options or anything in
> 'ncftpget' that say "Don't re-download files" :^/
> Only stuff like "Delete after download" and "Append, don't overwrite, local
> files"...
>
> Ideas?

Perhaps wget -m will work with ftp.  If it does, and you already have
everything, use wget -m ftp://blah/blah to get the new stuff.  The old
stuff will not be downloaded again.

Good luck,
-- 
Ricardo Anguiano
http://www.codesourcery.com
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