Numpty mget FTP command question.

[wc2]

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:\test

 

[TheBigD]

ftp <servername>
username: root
password:
ftp> bin
ftp> hash
ftp> cd /
ftp> prompt
ftp> mget *


HTH

 

[Durbs]

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.

 

[wc2]

ftp <servername>
username: root
password:
ftp> bin
ftp> hash
ftp> cd /
ftp> prompt
ftp> mget *


HTH

Thanks

That works for all the files.

Is there a way of telling to copy sub folders also?

 

[TheBigD]

Thanks

That works for all the files.

Is there a way of telling to copy sub folders also?

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.

 

[DaveB]

Thanks

That works for all the files.

Is there a way of telling to copy sub folders also?

not from the comand line, but any of the gui ftp clients will do recursive folders for you.

 

[expat]

Thanks

That works for all the files.

Is there a way of telling to copy sub folders also?

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????

Sorry but have to go for flight.

 

[chris79]

http://www.unix.com/shell-programming-scripting/9174-recursive-ftp-here-last.html


HTH.

 

[DogTown]

wget -r

 

[NoddY]

wget -r

I too recommend wget if you're stuck on the command line otherwise Filezilla for a GUI.