mirror -c -P 32 wp-* wildcard usage?

[0x42h]

Is it just me, or should this expectation be pretty straightforward?

> ls -lah wp-*
-rw-r--r--   1 <username> <group>     7.0k Oct  2 22:05 wp-activate.php
drwxr-xr-x   9 <username> <group>     8.0k Oct  2 22:04 wp-admin
-rw-r--r--   1 <username> <group>      351 Oct  2 22:05 wp-blog-header.php
-rw-r--r--   1 <username> <group>     2.3k Oct  2 22:05 wp-comments-post.php
-rw-r--r--   1 <username> <group>     3.8k Oct  2 22:01 wp-config.php
-rw-r--r--   1 <username> <group>     2.9k Oct  2 22:00 wp-config-sample.php
drwxr-xr-x  23 <username> <group>     4.0k Oct  5 12:01 wp-content
-rw-r--r--   1 <username> <group>     5.5k Oct  2 22:05 wp-cron.php
drwxr-xr-x  27 <username> <group>    20.0k Oct  2 22:01 wp-includes
-rw-r--r--   1 <username> <group>     2.4k Oct  2 22:05 wp-links-opml.php
-rw-r--r--   1 <username> <group>     3.8k Oct  2 22:05 wp-load.php
-rw-r--r--   1 <username> <group>    48.3k Oct  2 22:05 wp-login.php
-rw-r--r--   1 <username> <group>     8.3k Oct  2 22:05 wp-mail.php
-rw-r--r--   1 <username> <group>    25.0k Oct  2 22:05 wp-settings.php
-rw-r--r--   1 <username> <group>    33.6k Oct  2 22:05 wp-signup.php
-rw-r--r--   1 <username> <group>     4.8k Oct  2 22:05 wp-trackback.php

> mirror -c -P 32 wp-*
mirror: Access failed: 550 /private_html/wp-*: No such file or directory
1 error detected

Expectation: all files and directories starting with wp- will be mirrored.

[lavv17]

The mirror command expects a directory without wildcards. You should specify a filter using -I (--include-glob) option.

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On Thu, 5 Oct 2023 at 15:06 0x42h ***@***.***> wrote: Is it just me, or should this expectation be pretty straightforward? > ls -lah wp-* -rw-r--r-- 1 <username> <group> 7.0k Oct 2 22:05 wp-activate.php drwxr-xr-x 9 <username> <group> 8.0k Oct 2 22:04 wp-admin -rw-r--r-- 1 <username> <group> 351 Oct 2 22:05 wp-blog-header.php -rw-r--r-- 1 <username> <group> 2.3k Oct 2 22:05 wp-comments-post.php -rw-r--r-- 1 <username> <group> 3.8k Oct 2 22:01 wp-config.php -rw-r--r-- 1 <username> <group> 2.9k Oct 2 22:00 wp-config-sample.php drwxr-xr-x 23 <username> <group> 4.0k Oct 5 12:01 wp-content -rw-r--r-- 1 <username> <group> 5.5k Oct 2 22:05 wp-cron.php drwxr-xr-x 27 <username> <group> 20.0k Oct 2 22:01 wp-includes -rw-r--r-- 1 <username> <group> 2.4k Oct 2 22:05 wp-links-opml.php -rw-r--r-- 1 <username> <group> 3.8k Oct 2 22:05 wp-load.php -rw-r--r-- 1 <username> <group> 48.3k Oct 2 22:05 wp-login.php -rw-r--r-- 1 <username> <group> 8.3k Oct 2 22:05 wp-mail.php -rw-r--r-- 1 <username> <group> 25.0k Oct 2 22:05 wp-settings.php -rw-r--r-- 1 <username> <group> 33.6k Oct 2 22:05 wp-signup.php -rw-r--r-- 1 <username> <group> 4.8k Oct 2 22:05 wp-trackback.php > mirror -c -P 32 wp-* mirror: Access failed: 550 /private_html/wp-*: No such file or directory 1 error detected Expectation: all files and directories starting with wp- will be mirrored. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#714>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAHLWXGYVWGMZIPCQHMEZKDX52PFNAVCNFSM6AAAAAA5UEUGJSVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43ASLTON2WKOZRHEZDQMJSGY4TQMY> . You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[0x42h]

Hi @lavv17,

Thanks for your reply. All the following does not work as expected. I get way more than I ask for, given that obviously I'm using it wrong, in case there is some way to actually make this work, besides the point on how user-friendly it is:

> pwd
ftp://user@host/private_html
> mirror -P 32 -c --include-glob='/wp-*'

Gives me more than just wp-*.

> mirror -P 32 -c --include-glob='/private-html/wp-*'

Gives me more than just wp-*.

> mirror -P 32 -c --include='^/private-html/wp-.*'

Gives me more than just wp-*.

> mirror -P 32 -c --include='wp-'

Gives me more than just wp-*.

> mirror -P 32 -c --include='.*wp-.*'

Gives me more than just wp-*.

> mirror -P 32 -c --include-glob='*wp-*'

Gives me more than just wp-*.

It just feels totally counter-intuitive to me and I cannot seem to make it work. Neither can I find examples in the documentation on how to use it correctly.

[lavv17]

Maybe the mget command will work better for you.

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On Thu, 5 Oct 2023 at 16:07 0x42h ***@***.***> wrote: Hi @lavv17 <https://github.com/lavv17>, Thanks for your reply. All the following does not work as expected. I get way more than I ask for, given that obviously I'm using it wrong, in case there is some way to actually make this work, besides the point on how user-friendly it is: > pwd ***@***.***/private_html > mirror -P 32 -c --include-glob='/wp-*' Gives me more than just wp-*. > mirror -P 32 -c --include-glob='/private-html/wp-*' Gives me more than just wp-*. > mirror -P 32 -c --include='^/private-html/wp-.*' Gives me more than just wp-*. > mirror -P 32 -c --include='wp-' Gives me more than just wp-*. > mirror -P 32 -c --include='.*wp-.*' Gives me more than just wp-*. > mirror -P 32 -c --include-glob='*wp-*' Gives me more than just wp-*. It just feels totally counter-intuitive to me and I cannot seem to make it work. Neither can I find examples in the documentation on how to use it correctly. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#714 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAHLWXAYY6CILM35XJDTWO3X52WI5AVCNFSM6AAAAAA5UEUGJSVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTONBYHA3DIMBUHA> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[0x42h]

mget is not recursive. It does not download directories.

[0x42h]

Interesting. I see that this works:

mirror --exclude '.*' --exclude '.*/' --include 'wp-*'

So first, I need to exclude everything and then include the things I want to include. I find it an "interesting" way of suggest to download the same as the command ls -la wp-* shows me.

Is it hard to implement. Want help, maybe? Or is the code not designed to easily implement this?