libes@cme.nist.gov (Don Libes) (05/09/91)
Archive-name: unix/shell/expect/1991-05-02 Archive: durer.cme.nist.gov:/pub/expect.shar.Z [129.6.32.4] Original-posting-by: libes@cme.nist.gov (Don Libes) Original-subject: Re: FTP directories Reposted-by: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti, MSEN) In article <1991Apr29.203050.8621@athena.mit.edu> jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes: >In article <3549@beguine.UUCP>, mpaf1216@med.unc.edu (Matthew Sean Pardo) writes: >|> Is there a way to FTP a directory or subdirectory > No. You can use "mget" to tell it to get multiple files in a directory, but >there is no way to do recursive retrievals of a directory. rftp (for "recursive ftp") is an expect script that ftps directories. It comes with the expect distribution. (Email "send pub/expect.shar.Z" to library@cme.nist.gov or anonymous ftp same from durer.cme.nist.gov.) Don Libes libes@cme.nist.gov ...!uunet!cme-durer!libes -- comp.archives file verification durer.cme.nist.gov -rw-rw-r-- 1 100 10 113509 May 1 14:24 /pub/expect.shar.Z found expect ok durer.cme.nist.gov:/pub/expect.shar.Z