Unable to Remove Files in Root Directory of FTP Server Using lftp Mirror with ./

[idanSap]

I’m using lftp version 4.9.3 to synchronize files to an FTP server, but I’m encountering an issue where I can’t delete files in the root directory of the server. I’ve tried using the following script:

set ftp:ssl-allow no;
open -u $FTP_USER,$FTP_PASS $FTP_HOST;
mirror —reverse —delete - ./ —exclude ‘^\..*$’; bye”

During the execution of this script, I get the following error:

Removing old file `EXAMPLE_FILE.txt’
rm: Access failed: 550 File Not Found (EXAMPLE_FILE..txt)

However, when I manually log in to the FTP server and attempt to delete a file in the root directory without the ./ prefix, it works fine. For instance, the following commands work:

rm EXAMPLE_FILE.txt

rm ./EXAMPLE_FILE.txt

It appears that lftp might be creating a file path with ./ that the server is unable to handle.