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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: Peter Kok <cckok00@stlinux.ouhk.edu.hk>
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Subject: Re: ftp to transfer whole directory 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 11 Jan 2000 19:16:54 +0800."
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On Tue, 11 Jan 2000 19:16:54 +0800, Peter Kok wrote:

> How do I use ftp to transfer the whole directory?

Provided you don't want the subdirectories of the current directory as
well, you can do:

prompt
mget *

If you need the subdirectory and the remote server doesn't support tar
archive downloads, you'll need to install a 3rd-party FTP client.  There
are lots of them.  Don't ask for opinions, just try all the clients in
the ftp category of the ports collection:

	http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ftp.html

Pick the one you like the most.
:-)

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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