Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 00:17:51 -0400 From: Bob Johnson <stest033@garbonzo.hos.ufl.edu> To: Jacob Rhoden <jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au>, harsha godavari <h.godavari@shaw.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: multiple_file_downloading Message-ID: <200210160017.51316.stest033@garbonzo.hos.ufl.edu> In-Reply-To: <200210161205.49149.jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> References: <3DACBBED.C020992E@shaw.ca> <200210161205.49149.jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au>
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On Tuesday 15 October 2002 10:05 pm, Jacob Rhoden appears to have=20 written: > On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:07, harsha godavari wrote: > > FreeBSD 2.11 is available from ftp://moe.2bsd.com/pub/2.11BSD. > > > > Unfortunatly, there are several hundred small files in this > > directory.At present I am using Netscape and shift_clicking on each > > name is slow and painful :-) . > > Based on the above information, from a command prompt interface in > either windows, or FreeBSD, go into the directory you want the files > in (using the cd command) then type the following: > > ftp moe.2bsd.com<enter> > anonymous<enter> > myemail@somedomain.com<enter> > cd /pub/2.11BSD/<enter> > mget *<enter> > y<enter>y<enter>..............................y<enter> > quit<enter> > If you issue the "prompt" command first, it will turn off (actually=20 toggle) prompting, so you don't have to answer "y" hundreds=20 of times. I.E. log in with ftp, then issue > binary > prompt > cd /pub/2.11BSD > mget * > quit or something like that depending on the responses you get from the=20 server. - Bob > Hopefully this helps a bit. Your screen should look something like > this: > > jrhoden@elkanah# ftp moe.2bsd.com > Connected to moe.2bsd.com. > 220 moe.2bsd.com FTP server (BSDI Version 7.00LS) ready. > Name (moe.2bsd.com:jrhoden): anonymous > 331 Guest login ok, send your email address as password. > Password: > 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. > Remote system type is UNIX. > Using binary mode to transfer files. > ftp> cd /pub/2.11BSD > 250 CWD command successful. > ftp> mget * > mget 1? y > > > > Jacob Rhoden Phone: +61 3 9844 6102 > ITS Division Email: jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au > Melbourne University Mobile: +61 403 788 386 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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