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+--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+-- lftp.lua
+--
+--    Syncs with lftp
+--    A (Layer 1) configuration.
+--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+lftp = {
+
+	-----
+	-- Spawns rsync for a list of events
+	--
+	action = function(inlet)
+
+		-- gets all events ready for syncing
+		local elist = inlet.getEvents(
+			function(event)
+				return event.etype ~= 'Init' and event.etype ~= 'Blanket'
+			end
+		)
+
+		-----
+		-- replaces filter rule by literals
+		--
+		local function sub(p)
+			if not p then
+				return
+			end
+			return p:gsub('%?', '\\?'):
+			         gsub('%*', '\\*'):
+			         gsub('%[', '\\['):
+			         gsub('%]', '\\]')
+		end
+
+		local config = inlet.getConfig()
+
+		local commands = elist.getPaths(
+			function(etype, path1, path2)
+				if etype == 'Delete' then
+					if string.byte(path1, -1) == 47 then
+						return 'rm -r '..
+							config.targetdir..sub(path1)
+					else
+						return 'rm '..
+							config.targetdir..sub(path1)
+					end
+				elseif
+					etype == 'Create' or
+					etype == 'Modify' or
+		 			etype == 'Attrib'
+		 		then
+					if string.byte(path1, -1) == 47 then
+						return 'mirror -R '..
+							config.source..sub(path1)..' '..
+							config.targetdir..sub(path1)
+					else
+						return 'put '..
+							config.source..sub(path1)..
+							' -o '..config.targetdir..sub(path1)
+					end
+				end
+			end
+		)
+
+		if #commands == 0 then
+			spawn(elist, '/bin/true')
+			return
+		end
+
+		commands = table.concat(commands, ';\n')
+
+		log('Normal', 'Calling lftp with commands\n', commands)
+
+		spawn(elist, '/usr/bin/lftp',
+			'<', commands,
+			'-u', config.user..','..config.pass, config.host
+		)
+	end,
+
+	-----
+	-- Spawns the recursive startup sync
+	--
+	init = function(event)
+		local config = event.config
+		local inlet = event.inlet
+		local excludes = inlet.getExcludes()
+		local delete = nil
+		if config.delete then delete = { '--delete', '--ignore-errors' }; end
+
+		if #excludes ~= 0 then
+			error('lftp does not work with excludes', 4)
+		end
+
+		log('Normal', 'recursive startup lftp: ', config.source, ' to host: ', config.host)
+
+		spawn(event, '/usr/bin/lftp',
+			'-c',
+			'open -u '..config.user..','..config.pass..' '..config.host..'; '..
+			'mirror -R -e '..config.source..' '..config.targetdir..';'
+		)
+	end,
+
+	-----
+	-- Checks the configuration.
+	--
+	prepare = function(config)
+
+		if not config.host then
+			error('lftps needs "host" configured', 4);
+		end
+
+		if not config.user then
+			error('lftps needs "user" configured', 4);
+		end
+
+		if not config.pass then
+			error('lftps needs "pass" configured', 4);
+		end
+
+		if not config.targetdir then
+			error('lftp needs "targetdir" configured', 4)
+		end
+
+		if config.target then
+			error('lftp needs NOT "target" configured', 4)
+		end
+
+		if config.exclude then
+			error('lftp does not work with excludes', 4)
+		end
+
+		if config.rsyncOpts then
+			error('lftp needs NOT "rsyncOpts" configured', 4)
+		end
+
+		if string.sub(config.targetdir, -1) == '/' then
+			error('please make targetdir not end with a /', 4)
+		end
+
+	end,
+
+	-----
+	-- Exit codes for rsync.
+	--
+	exitcodes = {
+		[  0] = 'ok',
+		[  1] = 'ok',
+	},
+
+	-----
+	-- Default delay
+	--
+	delay = 1,
+}
+
+sync{
+	lftp,
+	host      = 'localhost',
+	user      = 'test',
+	pass      = 'test',
+	source    = 'src',
+	targetdir = '.',
+}