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Date:      Tue, 6 Aug 1996 00:06:46 -0700 (MST)
From:      Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com>
To:        root@140.142.178.53 (Ken Marsh)
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: how to I ftp a directory tree?
Message-ID:  <199608060706.AAA10574@seagull.rtd.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960805231119.432A-100000@ken.u.washington.edu> from "Ken Marsh" at Aug 5, 96 11:12:21 pm

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> I know that tar must be used with ftp to get a port, for instance.
> 
> What is the syntax for such a command?

Assuming the server (on the other end) supports it,
	get directoryname.tar
will tar the contents of "directory" and send them to you.  Typically,
you would use
	get directory.tar.gz
to cause the resulting tarball to be gzip-ed before being sent.

--don



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