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Old 11-19-2004, 05:25 PM   #1
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ftp command

How can i download whole directories from an ftp server using the command. get doesn't seem to work with directories.
 
Old 11-20-2004, 04:01 AM   #2
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you could use wget...

for example, to download all the slackware 10.0 patches:

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wget ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/*
do a man wget for more options and info...
 
Old 11-20-2004, 08:31 PM   #3
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Use mget instead of get.
 
  


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