FTP need to transfer entire folder recursively

rolster · 02-01-2006, 10:01 AM

Hello, I am trying to use ftp to transfer the entire contents of a folder, and recursively transfer any folders within it.
Does anyone have any expertise on this? thank you.

tizzef · 02-01-2006, 10:30 AM

Hi there

You may have several way to do this.
Your transfert is between to Linux box or not ??
If it is, U can use a <tar> command to make an archive and get it with ftp.
You can use <pax> which can transfert file between two host.
You can use rsync to synchro two hosts.
Hope it's helps

Cheers

muha · 02-01-2006, 04:02 PM

if you want a gui option ~> i like gftp

pixellany · 02-01-2006, 04:11 PM

At the most basic level, I believe that ftp will not do that. You DO have mput and mget for moving multiple files. eg to upload a folderful, simply type "mput *"

For download, I am on shaky ground--I have found that wild cards often don't work at the target end--thus I don't know how to take advantage of --eg--mget.

T.Hsu · 02-01-2006, 09:12 PM

lftp's mirror command would do the job perfectly.

rolster · 02-02-2006, 08:08 AM

I appreciate all your responses. This is from linux to linux, and needs to run in middle of night from cron. Do you have more information on the ftp-mirror command? thanks

T.Hsu · 02-02-2006, 08:54 AM

Oh, lftp needs human interaction, not suitable for cronjob. You may use wget instead, which also has a "-mirror" option for ftp directory mirroring.

To correct myself: lftp can be ran non-interactively:

lftp -c mirror ftp://host/path/to/dir-to-be-mirrored