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Old 08-01-2008, 11:15 AM   #1
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send files and folder ftp


I wanted to send a ftp to another folder of all files and a directory
I only send files using the:

Code:
>ftp mput *.*
 
Old 08-01-2008, 11:21 AM   #2
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Not sure exactly what you are asking - I think you want to use FTP to access a remote server. You can use the command line but I think the easiest is to use a graphical client like konqueror. Just type ftp://www.mysite.com then enter your username and password and you have a connection to the FTP server.
 
Old 08-01-2008, 11:42 AM   #3
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I'm not totally sure what you're asking, but, generally, ftp is a file transfer protocol and won't conveniently transfer recursively; i.e., it won't "walk a tree."

If you want to send a tree -- files, directories and the like -- with ftp, it's easiest to use the tar utility to create an archive file (and, possibly, use the gzip utility to compress the tar file to cut down transfer time); something like this
Code:
tar -cvf dirname.tar dirname
[optional: gzip dirname.tar]
ftp -i server
cd parent_directory_name_on_remote
put dirname.tar [or put dirname.tar.gz]
At the other end, dirname.tar.gz is unzipped and extracted (with tar) and the directory tree is then available.

If you're simply copying a bunch of files, that might be done
Code:
ftp -i server
cd parent_directory_name_on_remote
mput *.*
The "-i" option to ftp is important for the mget and mput options.

An option worth considering is scp. If you have ssh configured between machines, you can simply recursively copy files and directories in one go using scp.

Hope this helps some.
 
Old 08-01-2008, 12:13 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by infonlinebr View Post
I wanted to send a ftp to another folder of all files and a directory
I only send files using the:

Code:
>ftp mput *.*
I'm not sure what you're asking either, but I think you want to recursively send an entire directory, plus sub-directories, via FTP.

SCP is more secure, and handles recursion. "scp -r <directory you want to send> <user id>@<ip address of remote server>:<path you want to copy to>"
 
  


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