From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 21 22:46:39 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF78B16A418 for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:46:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd2@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mail-03.name-services.com (Mail-03.name-services.com [64.74.223.58]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB8DD13C461 for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:46:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd2@a1poweruser.com) Received: from laptop ([76.190.252.50]) by mail-03.name-services.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:49:30 -0700 From: "fbsd2" To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:46:39 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 Importance: Normal X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Aug 2007 22:49:31.0079 (UTC) FILETIME=[894D9D70:01C7E445] Cc: Subject: wildcard usage in fetch X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: fbsd2@a1poweruser.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:46:40 -0000 fetch -avrpAFU ftp://loginid:password@my.pics.com/IDX/ActivePhotos/*/*.* The /*/ directory is 2 positions in size and contains 00 through 99 as directory names. The *.* means all files in this directory. When I execute this I get logged in but get file not found or not available error message. Is wildcard usage not allowed in ftp? How would you suggest to accomplish downloading source file directory structure and their contents?