Lftp or other FTP Client qpkg's

[sc430fan]

Hi All I have a livedrive briefcase tat I want to backup of my NAS to...

I have found these instructions

http://blog.livedrive.com/2010/11/for-a ... briefcase/

They refer to lftp as the client, is there a qpkg or an easy way to install it?

Alternatively is there another client? and does it use the same commands?

I have tried the rtrr FTP client and it will not work with livedrive

I hope this makes sense

Paul

[sbresin]

Hi,

You could have a look at this... Never tried though

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Stanislas

[father_mande]

Hi,

lftp is provide thru Optware ipkg (with others clients)

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[sc430fan]

Hi all

Thanks for the replies, I found lftp in the optware library.

All good

Paul

[ra3ac]

I have been searching for a way to sync files to Livedrive and found this post. I had a few hours to kill and with my basic Unix experience I got this working - so sharing as couldn’t find the info anywhere online - hope it helps someone:

1 – install Optware
login to QNAP GUI and go to Home>>Applications>>QPKG Centre and install Optware.
Once installed go to the link http://x.x.x.x:80/Optware/ (x.x.x.x being IP of NAS drive). Hit the “Submit Query” button, install lftp.

2 – Create a script file
Open the Public folder on the Qnap (\\x.x.x.x\Public) and create a new text file; rename the file (i called mine Dealsync) and delete the .txt file extension. Open the file in Notepad++ and add the following:

lftp ftp.livedrive.com
lftp -u email@yahoo.com,password
cd Team\ Folders/Creative\ \&\ Studio/Local\ Drive/
mirror -R -v /share/HDA_DATA/Deal .
quit

The above script copies any new or updated files in the shared Deal folder to the Livedrive folder: Team Folders\Creative & Studio\Local Drive.

3 - Create a cron job to schedule the running of the script
- 3.1. “vi /etc/config/crontab” and add the entry.
0 * * * * /share/HDA_DATA/Public/Dealsync

This runs the job on the hour every hour

- 3.2. Run 'crontab /etc/config/crontab' to load the changes.
- 3.3. Restart cron, i.e. “/etc/init.d/crond.sh restart”

I have no idea how to see logs if the job completed or not but its working. Good luck.

[Antirealism]

Thank you for sharing this.

worked perfectly.

to find the log file look in

~/.lftp
transfer_log

I found that i had to add a / to the end of "mirror -R -v /share/MD0_DATA/Folder/."
too get all sub folders to sync.

I have a pro livedrive so to use sftp with lftp you need to change this in config or you will get FEAT negotiation error

only problem is I don't no were to find this config file to change this ??? Any one

found this from a google search.

To use sftp with lftp you must recompile it with ./configure
--with-openssl=/usr/lib or else it will hang at
FEAT negotiation since by default it only communicates in ftp.I
Highly recommend using sftp so your packets can be encrypted.
It's slow to use especially for people who have slow internet.

I hope this helps anyone that's looking

[pwilson]

You could have a look at this... Never tried though

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Stanislas

Yes, I've been meaning to try "lftp", but just like internaut19's article: Re: FTP Client with Webinterface (which you quoted above), I am so satisfied with "ncftp" that I never seem to give "lftp" a try.

I have been using "ncftp" for 20 years, and it does the trick for me. Unlike the horrible buiilt-in "ftp" (/sbin/ftp, which is actually "netkit-ftp-0.17"), ncftp can handle fully qualified FTP URL's like: ftp://csdread:csdread@ftp.qnap.com/NAS/Manual/RemoteReplicationCompatibility.pdf (ie ftp://username:password@fileserver.example.com/filename).

I probably should look at "lftp", but I simply have never found a compelling reason to try it. Perhaps someone familiar with both "lftp" and "ncftp" can provide some insight on why I should give "lftp" a try.

[doktornotor]

There's also some net2ftp beta QPKG for the shell-impaired... :p

[Antirealism]

The reason I tryed Lftp was because RTRR ftp doesnt work well with Livedrive.
it seems to make a folder thats oddly named. I did read this was ment to be
a time stamp but it dos not look like any clock i have seen.
then it creates all subfolders but there is no content in them.

I have not looked in to ncftp. does it work in the same way ? sync 2 folders across ftp or sftp (mirror as it says on lftp website)?
does net2ftp have this too ?

LIst of features Lftp can do http://lftp.yar.ru/features.html


The reason I ask is that Livedrive backup charge extra for a
nas to be backed up and to have this feature running you
need a windows or mac machine running so the client can work.
which I find rubbish since the idea of nas is to not need a pc/mac running.
There Blog says for liunx user they have ftp/sftp asscess using Lftp.
http://blog.livedrive.com/2010/11/for-advanced-users-backing-up-a-linux-pc-to-your-livedrive-briefcase/

if i could get sftp working to Livedrive then I could backup the whole nas. I never feel like i could send personal stuff over normal ftp.

but with 3tb cloud storage for £24 a year plus unlimted backup storage of pc/macs i am willing to keep poke about and see what works best.