I'm trying to use the ftp command to backup a directory on a remote machine, but the ftp command 'put' complains of the source directory not being a file. I checked the ftp command list and can't seem to find a command that will 'put' a directory, is the only way to do this by making a tarball?
Furthermore, how could I use the ftp command in a bash script, for instance with mysql I would use something like "mysql -h<hostname> -u<username> -p<password>", not very secure with the password bit, but easily improved by 'paired authentication' I think it's called. Are there flags like this for the ftp command? I couldn't find any in the manual.
