UNIX: how to transfer whole directory in FTP?

[wizzz]

yo,

I sometimes use FTP in UNIX and transfer files using the command "get filename"
But how do I get a whole directory instead of one file?
Also, how can I transfer multiple files at once?

I'd appreciate any help!

 

[Damaged]

mget to get multiple files. To transfer a whole directory more advanced clients will do this automatically if you just drag and drop the directory.

Dang! *NIX. Okay, no ncftp? Great to do whole directories. If you want to mirror look at tools like rsync, wget, mirror, etc., et al.

 

[wizzz]

Thanks for the help!

Actually the UNIX system I'm using does have ncftp.
But I have no idea how this works.
Are the commands the same as ftp?
If you could teach me some basic commands and the command to transfer a whole directory, I'd really appreciate it.

 

[bubba]

With some client/server packages one can say 'get dirname.tar' and it will automatically tar the directory 'dirname' and get it for you. Some will even do 'get dirname.tar.gz', which will gzip it as well.

 

[Dark]

If u use mget, don't forget to start ftp with the switch to avoid confirmation for each download. Can't remember which, one do a man.

 

[Damaged]

Help is real easy in ncftp, or for any command line client for that matter, just type help and it will list all the commands. Type help <command> and it will give you help on that command. The man page for ncftp isn't bad either.

 

[wezal]

Hey Bubba,
That get dirname.tar rocks! I was having the same problem as wizz and the best thing is that now my file permissions are all intact! Thanks!

 

[thornc]

Dark: you can use the &quot;prompt&quot; command to turn the interactive prompt on/off....

 

[BOFH]

as a bonus ncftp can do get -r to recursively get stuff