Re: tlug: ftp via telnet

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Darren Cook wrote:

> I'd like to telnet into a server and from there ftp some files to another
> server. In ws-ftp on Windows I click a button and it will transfer the
> directory structure, happily chug away and copy a complete web site.
> 
> I've found the "mput" command, so I guess I can do "mput *" to transfer all
> files in the current directory. But do I have to do all the directory
> changes by hand, or is there some flag that will automatically copy
> subdirectories as well?

use ncftp and use the -R flag (recursive) with get or put.  ncftp is to
the normal ftp client what Linux is to VMS or DOS.

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