Lftp
Lftp is a file transfer program that allows sophisticated ftp, http and other connections to other hosts. If site is specified then lftp will connect to that site otherwise a connection has to be established with the open command.
TIP
Lftp can be used as an alternative to sftp when transfering files in and out of Kista.
Installation
Install Lftp in your lab
Log into your lab machine and run one of the following codes to install Lftp
:
Conda
bash
conda install -r conda-forge lftp
Apt
bash
sudo apt install lftp
Install Lftp in your local computer
Ubuntu
bash
sudo apt install lftp
Usage
We recommend that you read the Lftp manuals to get yourself up and running. The guides provides and extensive overview of Lftp features.
Connecting to Kista
To connect to your kista over Lftp you will need to prepend the alias with sftp://
, example:
bash
lftp sftp://kista
We recommend to use mirror
command which works similar to rsyncfor larger transfers.