[KLUG Members] ftpcopy question

[Stu Gillis]

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You could use wget with --mirror option. It does updates, not 
complete copies. 
 
> I've read the man page on ftpcopy, but I can't tell whether it 
> will copy all the files all the time, or only grab newer ones. I'm 
> guessing it just grabs everything from the remote directory every 
> time. This is not desirable as it will waste bandwidth. Why 
> download the files that already exist locally? Am I interpreting 
> the behavior of ftpcopy incorrectly? 
>  
> Is there a better util to keep a local mirror up to date with a 
> remote ftp directory? TIA for any pointers in the right direction! 
>  
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