Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 21:18:49 -0500 From: jacks@sage-american.com To: "Stephen Hilton" <nospam@hiltonbsd.com>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FTP Command Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20010905211849.010daea8@mail.sage-american.com> In-Reply-To: <KPEMJADBBBFPDEDOIOMBAEILCNAA.nospam@hiltonbsd.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Stephen, ah thanks... I was having trouble with the 'mget mput' commands. At 09:15 PM 9.5.2001 -0500, Stephen Hilton wrote: >> Using FTP command line, what are the commands to GET and PUT whole >> directories and subdirectories within...??? Nothing (obvious to me) >> in the 'man' covers this and I haven't run across it anywhere else >> yet.... thanks for any tips...! > >I would install the ncftp3 port or package on your system for this kind of >task. I use ncftp3 quite a bit and am very pleased with its operation. > >With ncftp installed and connected to the site you want to download a >sub-directory called "srcfiles" from: > >ncftp> mget -R srcfiles > >The -R argument tells the ncftp file transfer to act recursively > >>From the FreeBSD 4.3 FTP man page: >Note: mget and mput are not meant to transfer entire directory subtrees of >files. That can be done by transferring a tar(1) archive of the subtree (in >binary mode). > >Regards, > >Stephen Hilton > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Server Admin Sage-American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?3.0.5.32.20010905211849.010daea8>