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Mirror websites with lftp

Posted on 19. May, 2010 by config in Linux, Ubuntu

There are lots of methods to mirror websites, you could use tons of Gui tools or just use Curl, wget or httrack. But as usual with linux there is a simpler and/or “better” method – lftp. It works great for mirroring Apache directory listings.

Try this next time you want to mirror a website:

lftp -e “mirror -c” http://greatdomain.com/somedir/

oh and if there is “command not found” after you try it then:

for Debian based systems ( like ubuntu or debian itself )
sudo apt-get install lftp

for Rpm based ( like Centos or Fedora )
yum install lftp

for Mac OSX you could use MacPorts – http://www.macports.org

Tags: apache directory listing, lftp, mirror, mirror website, mirroring websites