I have found the bug. As a workaround, use "set xfer:clobber yes".
2014-10-27 13:06 GMT+03:00 akshay gupta <akshaygupta...@gmail.com>:
> no, I am running as a root user. There is some issue with lftp, when file
> with same name already exist its not able to rename the temp file to actual
> file.
>
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 1:44 PM, Alexander V. Lukyanov <l...@netis.ru>
> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 01:30:42PM +0530, akshay gupta wrote:
>> > ---> RETR test.txt
>> > <--- 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for 'test.txt' (202 bytes).
>> > ---- Got EOF on data connection
>> > ---- Closing data socket
>> > <--- 226 Transfer complete.
>>
>> So the file cannot be renamed locally, right? Is there a permissions
>> problem?
>>
>> --
>> Alexander.
>>
>> > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Alexander Lukyanov <lavv...@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > Can you provide a debug log? Why lftp cannot replace the old file?
>> > >
>> > > 2014-10-27 10:44 GMT+03:00 akshay gupta <akshaygupta...@gmail.com>:
>> > >
>> > >> Hi,
>> > >>
>> > >> I am trying to mirror files using lftp, I have tested a use case
>> where a
>> > >> file at the source machine gets modified but the file name remains
>> the
>> > >> same. After mirroring, lftp is unable to replace the old file and
>> also
>> > >> leaves a temporary file.
>> > >>
>> > >> For example. If source have file a.txt and its mirrored successfully
>> at
>> > >> the destination, now if I update a.txt append some content and save
>> it with
>> > >> same name. If I run lftp mirror again then its not able to replace
>> the
>> > >> existing a.txt but it also leaves the temp file a.txt_transit_
>> behind. And
>> > >> if i run the mirror multiple times it always downloads the changed
>> a.txt, i
>> > >> can see this from the lftp logs.
>> > >>
>> > >> Suggestion: Will it make sense to keep versions of the files as they
>> are
>> > >> updated at the source. Like if a.txt is changed at source then lftp
>> mirror
>> > >> will save it as a.txt_{TIMESTAMP}_. Every time a file is updated it
>> will be
>> > >> saved with a new time stamp. And mirror will consider these file to
>> decide
>> > >> whether to download or not.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> Thanks,
>> > >> Akshay
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Alexander.
>> > >
>>
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