[ale] sftp, and rsync like ability

[attriel]

Robert Story wrote:

>On Thu, 4 May 2006 09:58:32 -0400 (EDT) Todd wrote:
>TP> rsync allows you to tunnel through ssh rather than rsh.  Look at the
>TP> (--rsh/-e) option to rsync.  The destination does not have to be running
>TP> rsyncd but does need the rsync command available.
>
>And if they don't have rsync at all, and you know the platform, you can build
>it yourself, statically linked, and scp it up and then run it. Still assumes
>you have ssh access for running commands...
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LFTP has an option for doing SFTP connections; lets you use LFTP's 
'mirror' command over SFTP, which is quite handy sometimes :)