Lftp is a shell-like command line ftp client. It is reliable, can retry operations and does reget automatically. It can do several transfers simultaneously in background. You can start a transfer in background and continue browsing the ftp site or another one. This all is done in one process. Background jobs will be completed in nohup mode if you exit or close modem connection. Lftp has reput, mirror, reverse mirror among its features.
Lftp is a shell-like command line ftp client. It is reliable, can retry operations and does reget automatically. It can do several transfers simultaneously in background. You can start a transfer in background and continue browsing the ftp site or another one. This all is done in one process. Background jobs will be completed in nohup mode if you exit or close modem connection. Lftp has reput, mirror, reverse mirror among its features.
To install lftp, run the following command in macOS terminal (Applications->Utilities->Terminal)
sudo port install lftp
To see what files were installed by lftp, run:
port contents lftp
To later upgrade lftp, run:
sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade lftp
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