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Date:      Sun, 29 Nov 1998 12:46:28 -0600
From:      Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net>
To:        "Larry S. Marso" <larry@marso.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: recommended ftp client <=> NT file server
Message-ID:  <36619684.3805C7D6@airnet.net>
References:  <19981129015929.F7259@marso.com>

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Larry S. Marso wrote:
> 
> I'm having to interface with an NT file server, which displays file names
> containing spaces.  Some of the popular ftp clients, including ncftp in the
> #2 and #3 series, and the ftp client of filerunner, get confused,
> particularly when trying to get whole directories.  The problem often seems
> to be reading and creating an appropriate duplicate directory on the local
> machine.
> 
> Any suggested clients or downloading strategies?

ftp(1) and lots of quotes "". Create a local tree that looks like the
one you want. Then connect with ftp, set the type to binary (just type
in "binary"), and turn the interactive prompting off (type "prompt").
Then mget the tree with wildcards. It will get everything it has a
directory for. To make a directory with a space: % mkdir "This has a
space". Admittedly, this is the manual approach to mirroring.
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Kris Kirby 
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