Schedule commands in LFTP using "at"

You can schedule downloads and uploads in LFTP in a simple manner by using the `at` command. Anything following the syntax described in this image below should work. at now + 2 hours -- queue mirror --use-pget-n=10 yourdirectory/ at 1:00 tomorrow -- queue mirror --use-pget-n=10 yourdirectory/

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Segmenting SFTP downloading using LFTP

If you’ve ever tried saturating a fast connection using FTP/SFTP you may have run into problems where you can only achieve limited download speeds using a single thread. Segmented downloading can often be a solution. Bare in mind that segmented FTP/SFTP will open many sessions to the server you are connecting to. Depending on the situation this might not be ideal, however if you’re sure you have sufficient resources to do it (without generating too much load if your server is within a shared environment), then it can work very well. You’ll need to install lftp - I run it…

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