Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 20:31:53 +0000 From: Jeremy Faulkner <gldisater@gldis.ca> To: Wayne Lubin <wayneclubin@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting source tree via ftp Message-ID: <20020329203153.A5246@constans.gldis.ca> In-Reply-To: <20020329024205.38046.qmail@web14704.mail.yahoo.com>; from wayneclubin@yahoo.com on Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 06:42:05PM -0800 References: <3CA3CD78.1060109@cream.org> <20020329024205.38046.qmail@web14704.mail.yahoo.com>
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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. rm -rf /usr/src mkdir somedir cd somedir ftp stable.freebsd.org cd pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/i386/<desired snapshot>/src prompt off mget * exit sh install.sh all (as root) rm -rf somedir <desired snapshot> will be in the form 4.5-<date>-STABLE -- Jeremy Faulkner http://www.gldis.ca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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