lftp mirror leaves empty folders on remote

Question

My script is set up with this for lftp

    lftp -p 2218 -u $login,$pass sftp://$host << EOF
    set mirror:use-pget-n 5
    mirror -c -P5 --depth-first --Remove-source-files --log=/home/dog/downloadsync.log $remote_dir $local_dir

And it works great, except it leaves empty folders on the remote directory EVERY STINKING TIME. I've tried without --depth-first and it still will leave them.

I've tried adding a rmdir * after the mirror, and before the quit, but it creates some serious problems if the script crashes [don't ask that story] Is there any solution?

Have you tried using `rsync`, `scp` or `sftp` instead of `lftp` ? — janos, Dec 27 '14 at 11:16

lav · Answer 1 · 2016-04-15T15:19:48.530

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Use lftp-4.7.1 and mirror --Move option. It will remove source files and empty folders. The option first appeared in lftp-4.7.0.

edited Apr 15 '16 at 15:19

answered Apr 15 '16 at 13:20

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Please add some more details to explain this answer ... – Pierre.Vriens Apr 15 '16 at 13:52

lftp mirror leaves empty folders on remote

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