Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 13:15:33 +0200 (CEST) From: Ron Scott <ron@GeP18-5.NyirCaTv.BroadBand.hu> To: Ivan van der Merwe <Ivan@atio.co.za> Cc: "'freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com'" <freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ftp transfers Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009281307480.13953-100000@gep18-5.nyircatv.broadband.hu> In-Reply-To: <21EF5EE45919D111865200805FA61F8A0111DA54@mother.atio.co.za>
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Today Ivan van der Merwe wrote: > Hi > > I need to do fequent ftp downloads. I would like to put > this in the crontab if possible. > In windows you can specify a file containing > all the files that you want downloaded. > > Can I do the same on Unix > Sure, try wget (/usr/ports/ftp/wget). Put all URLs in a text file one/line and execute wget, i.e. wget -i inputfile ftp://.... See wget -h for more useful options. Cheers, -Ron -- UNIX was never designed to keep people from doing stupid things, because that policy would also keep them from doing clever things. (Doug Gwyn) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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