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+These two files were around 4GB and 15GB respectively. I had no issues with copying these files. I copied them from a local machine (Windows 10) using MobaXterm (which I believe uses sFTP when drag and drop file copying is used).
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+However, the third file was 90GB, and every time it got to 71% it failed. And during the third attempt, I noticed that the /opt partition was filling up, and its only 66GB in size. So for some reason, the files were being copied (or cached) before going to the final destination partition.
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+Long story short, I needed a way to get the files directly on to my desired partition.
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+==== LFTP ====
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+LFTP is an FTP client for Linux that supports ftp, http, sftp, fish, torrent etc. I used LFTP because just installing FTP on CentOS7 (yum install FTP) installs an FTP client that the customers FTP server did not like.
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+**Installing LFTP**
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+To install just use: <color #ed1c24>sudo yum install lftp -y</color>
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+==== Using LFTP ====
+To connect to an FTP server use: <color #ed1c24>lftp username@ftp.server</color> (you will then be prompted for a password)
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+I then copied the file to my required destination partition by using the following: <color #ed1c24>get filename -o /destination/filename</color>
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+An example would be: <color #ed1c24>get UHD_File.mxf -o /var/sources/UHD_File.mxf</color>
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+Using this method, the file was transferred to the correct partition, without first being copied to/cached somewhere else.
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-==== Simple Syntax ====