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Date:      Wed, 26 Jun 2002 04:45:07 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Ross Lippert <ripper@eskimo.com>
To:        Lenderman22@aol.com
Cc:        doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: how do i...
Message-ID:  <200206261145.EAA27734@eskimo.com>
In-Reply-To: <166.fb6f8d1.2a4aa1c0@aol.com> (Lenderman22@aol.com)

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>How do I use ftp to ftp over the OS in the best and fastest way? I am not 
>that familiar with ftp and when I try it on a directory it runs thru each 
>file in the directory asking me to confirm. There must be a better way to do 
>this.

ftp is your friend (esp the BSD one).

ftp> prompt off
ftp> mget *

will get everything from a directory without querying your every time.

Usually, though, when people talk about an ftp-install they mean that
they have boot disks and they tell the installer that they booted from
those disks that they want to do 'ftp' and let the installer do the
ftp details.  This makes me think you might have misunderstood
something in such a way as to make things harder on yourself then they
should be.

If you'd like to correspond, off-list about your particular setup and
so on feel free to write me.


-r

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