Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 01:03:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Ken Marsh <root@ken.u.washington.edu> To: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to I ftp a directory tree? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960806010051.877A-100000@ken.u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <199608060706.AAA10574@seagull.rtd.com>
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NOTE: From durang@u.washington.edu (not the above - sorry for the inconv.) I read the list, so you needn't reply directly... The ftp site I had in mind is ftp.freebsd.org, and it seems they don't support the "get directory.tar" command syntax. is there another way? for now I'm using mget, but the man page specifically says that mget is not how it's done.... Ken On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Don Yuniskis wrote: > > 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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