Andrew Fraser DBA

Copy mirror files with robocopy rsync lftp

The best utilities to use when copying/mirroring/backing up files are:

• robocopy – Windows
• rsync – Linux
• lftp – Linux without setting up password-less ssh

Scripts can supply a password to sftp using lftp like this:

lftp -u user:password sftp://server.domain.com << END_LFTP  
put /directory/file.txt  
quit  
END_LFTP

You can set up password-less ssh this way.