Mount ftp site as nfs mount point

For numerous purposes, not least of which is using rsync for backups.  Here is an article:

http://pingbin.com/2012/01/howto-rsync-backup-ftp-server/

Here is the short version:

• apt-get install curlftpfs
• mkdir /mnt/backup_server
• emacs /etc/fstab
• add the following line(s):

#curlftpfs#user:pass@ip-address /local/directory fuse rw,allow_other,uid=user-id 0 0
curlftpfs#pingbin:1234@10.0.0.1 /mnt/backup_server fuse rw,allow_other,uid=1000 0 0

•  mount /mnt/backup_server