Re: [tlug] unix and windows ftp

[Godwin Stewart <gstewart@example.com>]

On Mon, 12 Aug 2002 16:55:36 +0900, "Brett Robson" <brett@example.com> wrote
to <tlug@example.com>:

> I'm trying to ftp mget on a linux machine to pull an entire directory
> structure from a windows machine running webserver 2000. The windows
> directory names are giving linux ftp serious grief, the man page doesn't
> help.

If spaces are a problem, simply quote the filename:

> get "file with a stupid name.dat"

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