From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 28 21: 8:49 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from chen.org.nz (adsl-210.54.19.51.quicksilver.net.nz [210.54.19.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7153F37B416 for ; Thu, 28 Mar 2002 21:08:46 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by chen.org.nz (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g2T58W600653; Fri, 29 Mar 2002 17:08:32 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 17:08:32 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Wayne Lubin Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Getting source tree via ftp Message-ID: <20020329170832.A526@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <3CA3CD78.1060109@cream.org> <20020329024205.38046.qmail@web14704.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020329024205.38046.qmail@web14704.mail.yahoo.com>; from wayneclubin@yahoo.com on Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 06:42:05PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 06:42:05PM -0800, Wayne Lubin wrote: > So then without the ability to get the entire source > tree as a tar file with the "get lex.tar" command, > what is the best way to get the source tree via ftp? I > guess what I am asking is if ftp has a single commmand > that will get all files that I need and put them into > the proper directories, or, do I have to literaly get > each file one by one, or, is there something in > between that ftp offers. I have looked at the ftp man > page and did not see any commands that would dig into > sub directories or do other useful stuff that would be > helpful. Thanks for the help. THe easiest way to get the source tree is with cvsup. Have a look at the Handbook for further details. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door" - W.E. Channing To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message