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I want to backup a FTP directory (not backup to) with a cron script running daily. I'd prefer a solution that could sync the FTP to my local computer; only copy files changed and remove files that have been deleted.

Is there such an application?

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You could do something like curlftpfs and rsync. Also look at this: serverfault.com/questions/24622/how-to-use-rsync-over-ftp – Patrick Aug 24 '12 at 13:31
@Patrick curlftpfs looks very nice, think this will be perfect together with rsnapshot that I'm already using – Znarkus Aug 24 '12 at 14:01
cool :-). Submitted as an answer so the question can be marked as solved. – Patrick Aug 24 '12 at 14:10
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There are several ftp mirroring programs, these will probably work best. That's also the term you should search for to find them... – derobert Aug 24 '12 at 17:21

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You can use curlftpfs and rsync to accomplish what you want.

curlftpfs is a FUSE filesystem that will let you mount a remote ftp location as a normal filesystem. Once it's mounted, you can use rsync to sync the mount with a local copy.

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Actually ended up using lftp with mirroring from your link – Znarkus Aug 26 '12 at 7:09
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rsync can do that.

Make a script and put it in cron.

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No it cant. Rsync doesnt work with ftp – Patrick Aug 24 '12 at 13:32

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