ftp dir

[kahn630]

Hi All, does anyone know the command to use when ftp-ing form one solaris 8 box to another to get an entire directory and its contents. I know that I can tar the dir and ftp it but I would rather just ftp the dir if possible.

 

[spamly]

cd /destination directory
mget *

There's also a variable you can set so it won't ask you about every file. This won't work for subdirectories.

Can I recommend sftp? You may already have it on your system. It's slower (because of encryption), but performs much like rcp.

scp -r username@destination:/directory /local-directory

 

[SamBones]

Type [tt]prompt[/tt] before the [tt]mget[/tt] and it won't ask about every file.

I also second the [tt]scp[/tt] recommendation of spamly.

 

[bfitzmai]

You can also tar your directory to one file. Transfer the file using ftp. If you run the tar capture as root, you can use the -p option to preserve existing owner and file privileges. Would be something like:

tar -cvfp filename.tar directory
ftp <workstation>
send filename.tar
tar -xvf filename.tar