How do you transfer an entire directory using ftp? The directory that I'm
trying to transfer has a lot of "subdirectories" in it.
If you are just talking about _retrieving_ a directory tree via ftp ....
I use wget ('man wget'). I don't know what packages drag it in, but `sudo apt-get install wget` will get you it if you don't already have it.
Example 1:
wget -r ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/misc/xbm
(Note that -r is short for --recursive.)
This will create:
ftp.perl.org ftp.perl.org/pub ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/misc ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/misc/xbm ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/misc/xbm/x.faces.camel.xbm ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/misc/xbm/x.faces.perl.xbm
(If xbm had any subdirectories, those would also be included).
Example 2:
To avoid creating any directories other than the one you want, you need to also use the --no-host-directories (-nH) and --cut-dirs (no short switch):
wget -r -nH --cut-dirs=3 ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/misc/xbm
This command creates:
xbm xbm/x.faces.camel.xbm xbm/x.faces.perl.xbm
The --cut-dirs leaves off the specified number of directories, starting with the topmost directory, so its argument is always dependent on the number of directories between the one you want and the root directory.
Kevin Murphy
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