[SunHELP] ftp recursively.

[Will Mc Donald]

That wouldn't get subdirectories would it? I think some FTP daemons support
a bastardised tar type command but that's just a vague memory from somewhere
or other.

Will.

----- Original Message -----
From: <dhansen at zebra.net>
To: <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: [SunHELP] ftp recursively.


>
>  Man ftp. Give ftp either the -i switch or interactively give it the
"prompt off" command.
> Then use
> "mget <string>" to get multiple files.
> i.e.-
> ftp -i blah.ftp.net
> mget *
> or
> ftp blah.ftp.net
> prompt off
> mget *
>
>
>  -david
>
> > Can anyone tell me how to ftp all files in one directory and its
> > subdirectory? At ftp prompt, what subcommand or option I should use to
do
> > it?