Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 16:51:59 -0700 (MST) From: John Galt <galt@inconnu.isu.edu> To: Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu> Cc: Peter Jones <pjones@pmade.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: getting a directory with ftp Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0012311648330.14053-100000@inconnu.isu.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.10.10012302257070.21636-100000@joust.gpcc.itd.umich.edu>
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It's an ftpd function. Some are able to get <directory>.tar and automagically tar the directory up and send it. The other option is use mget in your client. This is strictly within the client--mget will ask the ftpd if its able to do some magic and if it's not, it'll just do repeated gets...HTH and have a good millennium... On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Tim McMillen wrote: > > > Thank you very much. That worked perfectly. I take it the regular ftp > utility has no function to retrieve a directory? > > Tim > > On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Peter Jones wrote: > > > I recommend installing lftp, it is in the ports collection and has > > a lot of cool features, one of which is the 'mirror' feature that > > allows you to recursivly 'get' a directory. > > > > cd /usr/ports/ftp/lftp ; make install > > lftp username@host > > cd /path/to/home > > lcd /where/to/put/it/local > > mirror > > > > On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Tim McMillen wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, I'm trying to ftp my home directory from my university AFS space back > > > to my FreeBSD box for backup. But I can't use get to get my home > > > directory. I read the ftp man page, but there doesn't seem to be anything > > > about this. When I try I get the error > > > ftp> get timcm > > > local: timcm remote: timcm > > > 227 Entering Passive Mode (141,211,2,144,238,33) > > > 550 timcm: not a plain file. > > > > > > I'm assuming this is because it is a directory. Help would be appreciated > > > > > > Tim > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > -- > > ....................................................................... > > : Peter Jones : Unix Geek - Four Wheeling : > > : pjones@pmade.org : Code Writing - Jesus Freak : > > :....................................:................................: > > :echo er|perl -0160 -pe ';$;=ord$/;s;^;"\U$/".chr($\;-11).chr$\;+4;e;': > > :.....................................................................: > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Pardon me, but you have obviously mistaken me for someone who gives a damn. email galt@inconnu.isu.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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