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| − | [[Category:Swestore user guide]]
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| − | [[Swestore|< Swestore]]
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| − | = Status =
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| − | Current lftp version as shipped in most Linux distributions are having issues in presenting a WebDAV directory listing that makes sense to users, among the issues is a tendency to mix files from the root directory and the current directory.
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| − | Due to these and other issues '''we recommend that lftp is not used for file transfers from/to Swestore'''.
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| − | = Introduction =
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| − | lftp is an interactive text-mode file transfer tool that understands multiple access protocols. It is commonly available in Linux/Unix environments.
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| − | The benefit over tools like cURL is that it has interactive traversal of the directory hierarchy, as well as powerful mass-transfer functionality like the <code>mirror</code> command, <code>mput/mget</code> and more. Use <code>help</code> in lftp for details. This is not intended to be a complete lftp usage howto, refer to tutorials online for this.
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| − | This guide explains how to use lftp with username/password authentication.
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| − | = Authenticate using username/password =
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| − | * Prerequisite: Username and password, see [[Setting your Swestore password]]
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| − | * Open a terminal window
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| − | * Start lftp with: '''<code>lftp -u username https://webdav.swestore.se/</code>'''
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| − | * Enter your password at the prompt
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| − | ** '''NOTE:''' Password will be verified on first command/connection, so typing the wrong password will error out later!
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| − | = Usage =
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| − | There are some quirks that lftp has together with the Swestore WebDAV door.
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| − | When giving a directory path to a command, it should end with a trailing slash to indicate that it is a directory. If this is omitted, the client will get a redirection response that the tool doesn't handle properly.
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| − | All the commands mentioned in this section and the previous configuration section are commands inside of a running <code>lftp</code> program.
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| − | Some sample tasks that can be achieved with lftp is retrieving or uploading single files or whole directory trees.
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| − | Navigate around with the use of the <code>cd</code> command:
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| − | cd snic/project_name_here/
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| − | Note the trailing / !
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| − | Individual files can be manipulated using the <code>get</code> and <code>put</code> commands, while <code>mget</code> and <code>mput</code> transfers multiple files at once. The <code>mirror</code> command can transfer whole trees.
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| − | The program has interactive help for any command through the <code>help</code> command.
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| − | For mirroring the flag ''-R'' is particularly relevant as ''-R'' controls the direction of the operation - if it is present the transfer is mirroring '''to''' the server, otherwise it's mirroring '''from''' the server.
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| − | For example, the command
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| − | mirror A B
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| − | will download all of the remote directory ''A'' into the local directory named ''B''.
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| − | The command
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| − | mirror -R C D
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| − | will upload all of the local directory ''C'' into the remote directory named ''D''. Note that the role of the directories is reversed compared to the previous example.
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| − | = Credits =
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| − | This guide was initially written by Lars Viklund and subsequently revised by Niklas Edmundsson.
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