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To: Brian William Francis Tobin XXIX <jebudas@plato.virgil.net>
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Subject: Re: copying directories with ftp 
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> 
> Hello and Thank you.
> 
> Is it possible to copy an entire directory when I use ftp?
> 
> I tried mput -r (like cp -r) but it didn't work.

If the other side's running wu-ftpd, you can get dir.tgz (depends on 
how wu-ftpd is configured).  Also, I think ncftp (an ftp client in 
the ports collection) has a -R switch.  Check the man page.

> Gratefully,
> Brian WF Tobin

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