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FTPing a Folder and Sub folders
Name: bumpskir Date: February 12, 2004 at 18:19:38 Pacific OS: Win2kServer,XP,Red Hat 9,
Comment:
Hi All, does anyone know what the command is to ftp a entire folder and all it's sub folders from one Ultra 10 to another. Can can't zip and ftp because there is not enough room on the source machine.
Name: fpmurphy Date: February 13, 2004 at 06:52:43 Pacific
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ftp by itself does not support recursive ftp'ing of subdirectories. You could write an ftp script to do what you want, use an ftp macro, or use other utilities such as rcp.
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Response Number 2
Name: cbailey33 Date: February 13, 2004 at 14:48:38 Pacific
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If the number of files that you need is small I would recommend using: ftp -i <hostname> The command: mget * would get everything in the directory without confirmation from you. If you would like to confirm each transfer just omit the -i switch.
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Response Number 3
Name: jonobr Date: February 17, 2004 at 23:52:47 Pacific
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Hello
Is it feasible to tar up the "folder"?? in question and ftp the tar file?
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Response Number 4
Name: fpmurphy Date: February 23, 2004 at 13:49:19 Pacific
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>Is it feasible to tar up the "folder"?? in >question and ftp the tar file?
Yes, that is possible, and is typically how it is done.
You might also want to try the recursive ftp script that is available on www.unix.com under the UNIX Forums/Shell Programming and Scripting Q&A. (I have not tried it myself.)
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