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Reply to: Numpty mget FTP command question.
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I too recommend wget if you're stuck on the command line otherwise Filezilla for a GUI.
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If you can execute it on the sending machine, you could use a find to get all directories, pipe into xargs and an ftp with an mput; or a find to get all files and into a straight ftp. Chances of coding right first time????Originally posted by wc2 View PostThanks
That works for all the files.
Is there a way of telling to copy sub folders also?
Sorry but have to go for flight.
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I don't think so...I seem to remember doing the same thing a while back, and in the end resorted to tar/gzipping the entire directory before transfer.Originally posted by wc2 View PostThanks
That works for all the files.
Is there a way of telling to copy sub folders also?
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If i need to script FTP, i just perform the action using a client such as Filezilla to do it first as it displays the commands executed in the query window. You can just copy these.
Not got a copy to check whether it will execute an 'all' command or just render a get for each file though.
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ftp <servername>
username: root
password:
ftp> bin
ftp> hash
ftp> cd /
ftp> prompt
ftp> mget *
HTH
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Numpty mget FTP command question.
Can someone provide the syntax for the mget command to copy every file and folder in the current remote folder to a local folder?
Current script
open #######
username
password
cd ..
cd ..
cd var/www/html
LCD c:\testTags: None
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