Thanks for the help.  I was able to use the --newer-than, but now I am
wondering how this time is determined if my server where the files are
located is 9 hours ahead of where I am.  Does it use the time on the server
and the times that are on the files or does it use the time on the files on
the server but use my local time to figure out what is 24hr from now?

Steven Dennis
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On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 11:32 PM, Lars Viklund <z...@acc.umu.se> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 09:10:01PM -0800, Steven Dennis wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I would like to d/l files and folders from a directory on my web server
> > that have been put there or modified in the last 24 hours.
> >
> > I have read the man page and came across the --newer-than option.
> >
> > "For option --newer-than you can either specify a file or time
> specification
> > like that used by *at*(1) command, e.g. `now-7days' or `week ago'. If you
> > specify a file, then modification time of that file will be used."
> >
> > Can you tell me if this would be correct?
> >
> > lftp open -u user,pass sftp://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX -PXXXX mirror -c
> --newer-than
> > 24hrs /remote/directory/ /local/directory/
>
> Did you look at the referenced manual page, and the specification that
> it cites?
>
> at(1) (and by extension this feature) takes absolute timepoints as
> argument, constructed from relative phrasing.
>
> Both "now-7days" and "week ago" describe absolute points in time.
>
> See https://github.com/lavv17/lftp/issues/21 for a discussion mirroring
> your question, http://linux.die.net/man/1/at for the manpage. Note that
> the at(1) spec mostly cares about future timepoints and thus doesn't
> mention the "ago" flavor.
>
> Your argument should probably be along the lines of "24 hours ago" or
> "day ago".
>
> > Also can you tell me if there are other time parameters that can be used
> as
> > well as the "grammar" that should be used when putting this together?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Steven
>
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