On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 19:54 +0100, Paul Ward wrote: > Hi Peeps, > > Does anyone know if it is possible to use rsync to back up an ftp site > that uses a password. > > I am aware of rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT]/SRC [DEST] but how do I > handle the password? The man page for rsync tells you a couple of different ways. > > If this is not possible does it mean I have to use sftp? lftp can connect via sftp protocol and is significantly more powerful than plain sftp. > > Thanks in advance > > -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs