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Date:      Thu, 08 Mar 2001 11:45:21 -0600
From:      Bob Greene <rgreene@tclme.org>
To:        darryl@osborne-ind.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ftp question
Message-ID:  <3AA7C531.ED264B15@tclme.org>
References:  <007801c0a7f6$7a41f430$0701a8c0@darryl>

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Darryl Hoar wrote:
> 
> Greetings,
> I am trying to use ftp to get a directory and all its files/subdirectorys in
> one
> fell swoop.  There are a few hundred files, so doing it one get at a time
> isn't
> going to fly.
> 
> Can this be done from the command line ?  I looked into ports but the search
> didn't turn up much.  This must be a common problem.
> 
> (Do I have to tar it to an archive, then ftp the archive and decompress ?)
> 
> thanks,
> Darryl
> 
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Use ncftp (man ncftp) with recursion.
-- 
Bob Greene
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