Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 12:05:49 +1000 From: Jacob Rhoden <jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> To: harsha godavari <h.godavari@shaw.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: multiple_file_downloading Message-ID: <200210161205.49149.jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <3DACBBED.C020992E@shaw.ca> References: <3DACBBED.C020992E@shaw.ca>
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On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:07, harsha godavari wrote: > FreeBSD 2.11 is available from ftp://moe.2bsd.com/pub/2.11BSD. > Unfortunatly, there are several hundred small files in this directory.A= t > present I am using Netscape and shift_clicking on each name is slow and > painful :-) . Based on the above information, from a command prompt interface in either= =20 windows, or FreeBSD, go into the directory you want the files in (using t= he=20 cd command) then type the following: ftp moe.2bsd.com<enter> anonymous<enter> myemail@somedomain.com<enter> cd /pub/2.11BSD/<enter> mget *<enter> y<enter>y<enter>..............................y<enter> quit<enter> Hopefully this helps a bit. Your screen should look something like this: jrhoden@elkanah# ftp moe.2bsd.com Connected to moe.2bsd.com. 220 moe.2bsd.com FTP server (BSDI Version 7.00LS) ready. Name (moe.2bsd.com:jrhoden): anonymous 331 Guest login ok, send your email address as password. Password: 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> cd /pub/2.11BSD 250 CWD command successful. ftp> mget * mget 1? y Jacob Rhoden Phone: +61 3 9844 6102 ITS Division Email: jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au Melbourne University Mobile: +61 403 788 386 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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