On Oct 7, 2005, at 8:45 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
or just open a terminal and learn a few easy commands or OSX's
"connect to server" and forget about other programs all together :-)
ftp won't download entire directory trees, only individual files. You
can use mget to get multiple files, but not directory trees:
from the ftp man page:
"Note: mget, mput and mreget are not meant to transfer entire
directory subtrees of files. That can be done by transferring a tar
(1) archive of the sub-tree (in binary mode)."
Downloading directory trees on remote hosts are a pain with the unix
ftp command.
ftp://hostname in the Finder is nice, but I've noticed it's unduly
slow. Besides, the other programs allow you to put files on the
remote host as well.
(it's sad, because this is possible. Netscape 4.0 allows 2-way ftp
transfers; making it a very nice ftp client. Later versions made it
only one way, and no other browser I know of has allowed two-way since.)
--
Bruce Johnson
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