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Sometimes I need to synchronize a file or directory tree between two machines, but can't use rsync, and only have sftp. I wish there was a tool like rsync that would work with sftp only.

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It seems lftp may be able to do at least some of this.
Comment by liw.fi — Fri Oct 23 10:49:13 2009
google rsync over sftp
http://www.google.com/search?q=rsync+over+sftp looks good.
Comment by dagobart [wordpress.com] — Fri Oct 23 11:38:49 2009
comment 3

sshfs uses sftp underneath, and you can run regular rsync on top of it.

(I've come to love sshfs lately for ad-hoc temporary remote mounting from anything to anything.)

Comment by joey [kitenet.net] — Fri Oct 23 16:57:28 2009
comment 4

Joey, that is ingenious. I'll have to try that when I need this the next time.

Comment by liw.fi — Sun Oct 25 08:44:36 2009
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