Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:04:25 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Philip Hallstrom <freebsd@philip.pjkh.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: wildcard usage in fetch Message-ID: <20070822150425.GD56142@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20070821160431.A56007@bravo.pjkh.com> References: <NBECLJEKGLBKHHFFANMBEEGBCGAA.fbsd2@a1poweruser.com> <20070821160431.A56007@bravo.pjkh.com>
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On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 04:04:47PM -0700, Philip Hallstrom wrote: > >fetch -avrpAFU ftp://loginid:password@my.pics.com/IDX/ActivePhotos/*/*.* > > > >The /*/ directory is 2 positions in size and > >contains 00 through 99 as directory names. > >The *.* means all files in this directory. > > > >When I execute this I get logged in but get file > >not found or not available error message. > > > >Is wildcard usage not allowed in ftp? > > > >How would you suggest to accomplish downloading source file > >directory structure and their contents? I have used wildcards with no problem with FTP, but only within a single directory at a time. I have never used it in a recursive situation like you indicate, so, don't know about that. ////jerry > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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