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FTP allows to download but also and upload files from a server. Alternatively rcp the remote copy could be used.
There are different ftp servers:
Apacheoffers also a ftp module.
emerge vsftpd to have a standalone ftp server can be installed by doing and is described in further detail.
Good is to choice for ftp is a program that gets maintained since ftp servers can be subjects for hackers.
Open and edit /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf that holds
the configuration.
It can either be standalone and watch incoming ftp requests (listen=Yes) or using
xinetd for that (listen=No). Type man vsftpd.conf for help. There is a initscript rc-update add vsftpd default. Finally the directory shared by default and anonymous user is
~/ftp/ make sure the file system does also allow to access this
directory. The use of FTP to make such a directory easily usable and visible but hide the rest of the
computer with all unnecessary details for the up and download. In konqueror type
ftp://192.168.1.34/ and you will see the contents of
~/ftp (assuming the correct IP address is given).
There is also a log file: /var/log/vsftpd.log
To have a stand alone gui tool gftp
or FileZilla
Since upload can take a while check in FileZilla window Transfer Queue the Queued files.
Or simply type in ftp://<Uri> into a browser.
lftp can be used to keep a remote in sync with local
lftp ftp://<username>:<password>@<url> -e "mirror -e --ignore-time -R <local dir><remote dir>; quit"
-e means delete remote files that are no more used
-R means transfer is local to remote
Instead of dealing with an Ftp client curlftpfs mounts a Ftp server to the local filesystem where tools as unison can be used to sync.
To mount as regular user (If the password has characters as $ ! then use the escape character as \$ or \!)
curlftpfs ftp://<url>/ <local dir>/ -o user=<username>:<password>,utf8
or as root
curlftpfs -o allow_other ftp://<username>:<password>@<Url><Dir>
to unmount fusermount -u <Dir>
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