Hi,
ncftp is the best CLI version of ftp I've ever found (and has been for years). As far as I'm concerned, doing the rsync thing is just not worth it using ncftp, or any other ftp library, given that lftp is available. If you want to build a much deeper appreciation for both rsync and lftp, just read the lftp manual to get an idea what you have to contend with to make ftp work (the guy who wrote this must have had a hard life with really bad communications and unreliable hardware :-)
Cheers, Bob
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