Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 11:14:20 +0300 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Brian William Francis Tobin XXIX <jebudas@plato.virgil.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: copying directories with ftp Message-ID: <33E0495C.1091@barcode.co.il> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970728095210.8530A-100000@plato.virgil.net>
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Brian William Francis Tobin XXIX wrote: > > Hello and Thank you. > > Is it possible to copy an entire directory when I use ftp? > > I tried mput -r (like cp -r) but it didn't work. > > Gratefully, > Brian WF Tobin As many said before, with a properly configured server, you can get dir.tar.gz. However, for other cases, I find wget (in the ports) a very find tool (my main use for it is to mirror SNAPs locally...). It lets you download (with command line switches - it's not interactive) hierarchies of ftp or http files. A very powerful and reliable little tool IMHO. Nadav
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