My apologies for asking such a simple question. I have the need to mirror files and I wonder how lftp handles dynamically changing files via the sftp protocol.
Say I have a directory of text files that are constantly being updated (but data only gets appended to each of the files). When I mirror the files will only the information newly appended be transferred? Or does lftp decide that the whole file may have changed and transfer the entire file again? I guess my question is how does lftp decide whether or not to fully transfer a file or partially transfer a file (is it based on size/modification time/???). Is there a setting to achieve my goals (i.e. regardless of the modification time/creation time, only transfer what has been added to the end of a file since the last transfer). May thanks... you won't believe how many different ways I've tried to go about transferring files... I believe lftp may do 90% of what I've been doing by hand. (on another note, rsync might appear to be the best option for what I'm doing, but I can't depend on rsync availability on the machines involved in the transfer). Best regards, -joe
