> I couldn't find an archive for this mailing list, so I appologize if this has > already been answered. > > LFTP is generally a very quiet program. It prints out very nice and concise > status messages. But sometimes I want to be able to see server banners and > other messages from the server itself, and I can't find an option to enable > this. > > For example, when I log in, many servers print out a message with instructions > for downloading or descriptions of directories. Unless the server stores a > copy of that message in a normal file (ie., /readme.txt), it is impossible to > read without switching to another client (which of course is not an option > :->) > > Also when a login fails, LFTP does not give any message explaining why (ie., > "Too many users") -- it just tries to connect again. Automatically > reconnecting is an extremely nice feature, but some status would be nice too. > > I can't find any options or command-line switches to control this. I was > hoping there would be a "ftp:verbose = yes" config or something like that, > but I can't find it. > > Does anyone know how to achieve this? Is this on the slate for future > development? Thanks!
It is somewhere in the FAQ iirc. Just try different levels of debugging, i.e. try using the 'debug xx' command, where xx is your debug level from huuuu... 0 to 9 (am I right?) The level 3 is the one you're looking for.
