Re: ftp question
At Friday, 3 December 2004, Michael Marsh <michael.a.marsh@gmail.
com> wrote:
>On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 11:34:34 -0500 (EST), disciple@exis.net
><disciple@exis.net> wrote:
>> How do you transfer an entire directory using ftp? The directory
that I'm
>> trying to transfer has a lot of "subdirectories" in it. These
directories
>> also have several types of files in them... ie.. text, video,
wav, mp3,
>> etc.
>
>If possible, use scp instead. The "-r" flag tells it to copy
>recursively. It's also much more secure (ie, it has some security
>rather than no security) if you're sending a password to connect to
>the remote end.
>
>--
>Michael A. Marsh
>http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh
>
>--
the _prompt_ and _mdir_ commands may help too.
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