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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

OS X / MacOS
bash
brew install lftp

Note that the code above requires Homebrew package manager.

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.