I'm downloading a logfile quite often from a ftp-server (which I'm not in control over, btw), and it seems rather rediciolus to download the whole file every time.
So I'm looking for a program (linux-ish) or Perl module that in a way combines ftp and rsync, and only "updates" the file.
The logfile is constantly growing.
Anything like that around?
Answer
Install curlftpfs (if on Windows, use cygwin) # Create local mount path mkdir -p /mnt/myftp # Mount the destination ftp site using curlftpfs curlftpfs -o allow_other ftp://myusername:[email protected] /mnt/myftp # rsync inplace using append option # use a long timeout value as the first long phase # (the inplace comparison) takes a while rsync -rzvvv --inplace --append --progress --stats --timeout=7200 /mnt/myftp/path/to/source/file.log /path/to/local/destination/file.log # When you need to umount the ftp site sudo umount myftp # You can also mount from /etc/fstab by appending the following line # curlftpfs#myusername:[email protected] /mnt/myftp fuse allow_other,rw,user,noauto 0 0 # References: # http://linux.byexamples.com/archives/344/mounting-ftp-host-to-local-directory-on-top-of-fuse/ # http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2007-May/017762.html