Re: Bug in lftp mirror when using xfer:use-temp-file option

Can you provide a debug log? Why lftp cannot replace the old file?

2014-10-27 10:44 GMT+03:00 akshay gupta <[email protected]>:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to mirror files using lftp, I have tested a use case where a
> file at the source machine gets modified but the file name remains the
> same. After mirroring, lftp is unable to replace the old file and also
> leaves a temporary file.
>
> For example. If source have file a.txt and its mirrored successfully at
> the destination, now if I update a.txt append some content and save it with
> same name. If I run lftp mirror again then its not able to replace the
> existing a.txt but it also leaves the temp file a.txt_transit_ behind. And
> if i run the mirror multiple times it always downloads the changed a.txt, i
> can see this from the lftp logs.
>
> Suggestion: Will it make sense to keep versions of the files as they are
> updated at the source. Like if a.txt is changed at source then lftp mirror
> will save it as a.txt_{TIMESTAMP}_. Every time a file is updated it will be
> saved with a new time stamp. And mirror will consider these file to decide
> whether to download or not.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Akshay
>
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   Alexander.

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