Re: ftp question
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
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