How can I automate FTP downloads based on date without bi-directional syncing?
- by Bill
I have a particular FTP-related situation that I'm having trouble finding a solution for.
I need an FTP download/syncing application that can operate within the following parameters:
It must run under Windows (installing Python to be able to run a script or some such thing is an acceptable solution).
It must be able to ignore files before a certain date (I want to start downloading new files, not all the files that exist in this very large FTP directory).
I don't want bi-directional syncing (e.g. I don't want changes I make to the local files and directory structure to change the remote FTP server, the FTP server needs to be left completely alone).
Automating it in some fashion would be ideal.
What would you guys suggest? The solutions I'm turning up are all missing the mark in some fashion (e.g. they have bi-directional syncing or they have no way of starting the syncing today instead of trying to pull down the entire directory).