Re: Recursive get for ftp

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From: Seng-Poh Lee
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 04:26

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 (totake@ho10.eng.ua.edu) wrote:
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> I am looking for a way to transfer files using ftp from a remote site to my
> current account.  In particular I need a command for ftp to recursively
> retrieve all files in a directory as well as all files in all subdirectories,
> not only the first level, but all levels below the current directory level,

If you are picking stuff up via anon ftp, and the server supports the
tar or tar.Z feature, then all you have to do is do a 'get' of the
directory, and append the directory name with a .tar or .tar.Z and the
server will tar up the directory and its sub-directories and send it as
a tar or tar compressed file. 

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Seng-Poh Lee    <splee@alchemy.tn.cornell.edu>

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