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Subject: Re: copying directories with ftp
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Brian William Francis Tobin XXIX wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
> Gratefully,
> Brian WF Tobin

As many said before, with a properly configured server, you can get
dir.tar.gz. However, for other cases, I find wget (in the ports) a very
find tool (my main use for it is to mirror SNAPs locally...). It lets
you download (with command line switches - it's not interactive)
hierarchies of ftp or http files. A very powerful and reliable little
tool IMHO.

Nadav