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> transferring large amounts of data and automatization in processing at |
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> least some of it, without involving a 3rd party |
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> "Large amounts" can be "small" like 100MB --- or over 50k files in 12GB, |
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> or even more. The mirror feature of lftp is extremely useful for such |
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> things. |
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> I wouldn't ever want having to mess around with web pages to figure out |
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> how to do this. Ftp is plain and simple. So you see why I'm explicitly |
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> asking for a replacement which is at least as good as ftp. |
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How about "wget"? It can handle ftp and http, and it can be scripted. |
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And it can discriminate on timestamps, i.e. only download a file if it |
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has been changed since the latest download at your site. |
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Then there's always "sneakernet". To quote Andrew Tanenbaum from 1981 |
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> Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes |
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> hurtling down the highway. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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