ls filename does not work in lftp
lftp, unix
Solution
Some googling at last gave a result in mail-archive
It is a limitation of SFTP protocol implementation in lftp. It cannot list a single file, only a specific directory.
Fortunately, lftp allows pipes, so
ls -l | grep "$FILENAME"
solves the problem.
Problem
I created an lftp script to upload single files to a web hosting provider. The use case is that I call it from the repository root, so the relative path is the same here and in the remote server. ``` #!/bin/bash DIRNAME=$(dirname $1) FILENAME=$(basename $1) REPO_ROOT=$(pwd) ABSOLUTE_PATH=${REPO_ROOT}/$1 lftp -u user,passwd -p port sftp://user@hosting <<EOF cd $DIRNAME put $ABSOLUTE_PATH ls -l $FILENAME quit 0 EOF ``` It works, with one small but annoying bug. To check that it really uploads the file, I have put an `ls -l` at the end. It fails and I do not understand why: ``` ls: Access failed: No such file(functions.php) ``` I tried to use `rels` and `cache flush` but in vain. I'm using lftp 4.0.9.