FTPGRAB(1)

📦 version 0.1.5, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

👑 FTPGRAB — ftpgrab(1) 💅

okay bestie, so you found the ftpgrab page in the Debian GNU/Linux manual, and I'm gonna walk you through it like we're texting at 2am. it's a file mirroring utility. that's the whole vibe. let's go ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ftpgrab — a file mirroring utility 🪞

💖 SYNOPSIS 💖

ftpgrab [options]

that's it. that's the whole synopsis. she's simple, she's iconic 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so real talk: this manual page documents the ftpgrab command briefly — like, just the highlights. and here's why, no cap: this page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program literally does not have a manual page. so we made one. you're welcome 💅

so what IS ftpgrab? it's a utility for maintaining FTP mirrors. and yeah, ngl, it's not unlike the mirror perl program — if you know her, you know her, iykyk. BUT here's the thing that makes ftpgrab different and honestly kind of her whole main character energy: she's oriented toward the smaller site 🌱 — the little guy, the baby server, the one that does not have the resources to mirror entire version trees of software. she said "i'm not gonna eat the whole tree, i'm just gonna take what i need." obsessed. periodt. 💖

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -h — usage 🫶 (she'll tell you how to use her)
  • -n — don't log to an output file 🙈 (no file, no notes, we simply don't record it)
  • -l <filename> — change the log file name from the default (fglog.out) to <filename> 🍓
  • -r <filename> — change the config file name from the default (ftpgrabrc) to <filename> 🧚
  • -t <num> — set the maximum download threads to <num> ⚡ (more threads, more chaos, more slay)
  • -v — output verbose progress updates to stdout 📢 (she'll narrate the whole journey)
and please — please — go look at the file /usr/share/doc/ftpgrab/examples/ftpgrabrc for details. it's right there. it's been right there this whole time. the answers are IN the config file bestie 😭

💜 AUTHOR 💜

this manual page was written by Christian T. Steigies <cts@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system — but may be used by others 🌈 (generous queen behavior, we love to see it).

and that's the page, bestie!! this was the GNU ftpgrab(1) manual, dated Jan 3rd 2000 — yes, 2000, she's vintage, she's a little retro, and she still ate 💅 go mirror something small and cute with her. bye bye 🎀💖✨

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