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Re:Shutting down FTP services by dsr_ on Saturday January 28, 2017 @12:19PM (#13507486)
Mirrors almost universally use rsync, not FTP.
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Re:Shutting down FTP services by frik on Saturday January 28, 2017 @12:21PM (#13507506)
I mean FTP mirrors, that offer an 1:1 FTP directory mirror.
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Re:Shutting down FTP services by throwawayish on Saturday January 28, 2017 @12:41PM (#13507614)
Literally no one does that. rsync-over-SSH is often used for this, sometimes plain rsync, sometimes custom stuff running atop SFTP (which is a completely different thing from FTP(S)).
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