Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:32:53 +0100 From: Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> To: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fetching directories inclusive subdirectories on HTTP server via fetch or othe FreeBSD-own tools? Message-ID: <49D39735.6050204@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <49D39153.4020707@zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <49D39153.4020707@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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On 1/4/09 17:07, O. Hartmann wrote: > Hello. > > I run into a problem I can not solve. I need to fetch a whole > directory tree from a public remote site. The top level directory and > its subdirectories are accessible via ftp:// and http:// so I tried > fetch, but fetch does only retrieve data on file basis and does not > copy a whole directory tree recursively. The remote site does not > offer sftp/sshd for that purpose. > > Is there a simple way to perform such a task with FreeBSD's own tools > (I try to avoid installing 'wget' and sibblings)? I need to keep it > simple, task should be performed via cronjob. > > Please eMail me. > Without writing a script to parse the output of fetch I dont think its possible (fetch the index via http, parse for dirs, decend into dir, rinse and repeat.) Looking at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/hubs/mirror-howto.html which I would expect to suggest FreeBSDs own tools, suggests various ports to use. Vince > Thanks in advance, > > Oliver > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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