From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 21 5:20:52 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from waldorf.cs.uni-dortmund.de (waldorf.cs.uni-dortmund.de [129.217.4.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88C7411CCB for ; Sun, 21 Feb 1999 05:20:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grossjoh@ramses.informatik.uni-dortmund.de) Received: from ramses.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (ramses.cs.uni-dortmund.de [129.217.20.180]) by waldorf.cs.uni-dortmund.de with SMTP id OAA29102; Sun, 21 Feb 1999 14:20:28 +0100 (MET) Received: (grossjoh@localhost) by ramses.informatik.uni-dortmund.de id OAA02213; Sun, 21 Feb 1999 14:20:26 +0100 To: Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" Subject: Re: FTP TAR References: <000001be5967$d77e1320$55c5a0d8@p200mmxntwks.phnx.uswest.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE Date: 21 Feb 1999 14:20:24 +0100 In-Reply-To: "Max Calvo"'s message of "Mon, 15 Feb 1999 21:50:14 -0700" Message-ID: Lines: 16 User-Agent: Gnus/5.070077 (Pterodactyl Gnus v0.77) Emacs/20.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Max Calvo" writes: > I am trying to ftp to a remote host and create a tar file from a > directory tree. Then I want to transfer the big tar file into my > computer. can anyone provide me my feedback if this is possible??? Some FTP servers provide the option of automatically creating a tar file. That is, if you type `dir' and see a directory `foo', then the FTP server allows you to type `get foo.tar.gz' and it will make a tarball of the directory on the fly, sending it to you. I think the WU ftp server groks this. Dunno about other FTP servers. kai -- I like _b_o_t_h kinds of music. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message