[vox-tech] recursive ftp

[Mark K. Kim]

The code I gave you was just an example.  Try using ncftp manually first,
write down what commands you actually type, and use that in the script.
The actual commands vary slightly from server to server.

(and the script wasn't tested - I don't have any servers I'm in need of
archiving.)

-Mark

On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Ganesh  S wrote:

> Thanks Mark. I just tried this but there is no response from ncftp after the
> mget. It seems like since my ftp server is a Windows NT machine which does
> not have a directory listing similar to unix (eg. The first char in the
> listing is NOT 'd' for a directory like in unix), these tools may not work
> (just my guess !). How will he change directory, if it is not able to figure
> out if it is a directory or not !
>
> Am i missing something ?
>
> Ganesh
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vox-tech-admin@lists.lugod.org
> [mailto:vox-tech-admin@lists.lugod.org]On Behalf Of Mark K. Kim
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 9:55 AM
> To: vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
> Subject: Re: [vox-tech] recursive ftp
>
>
> I think you can do it with ncftp and some scripting.  Normally, you can
> use ncftp like a normal ftp, but you can also pass a recursive option (ie:
> `mget -r *`).  You can write a script and pass appropriate commands, kind
> of like this:
>
>    #!/bin/sh
>    ncftp -u <username> <ftp.servername.serverdomain> <<EOF
>    <password>
>    bin
>    mget -r /
>    quit
>    EOF
>
> Of course, you'll need ncftp installed, and make the script file
> executable.  Be careful about your password being in the open.
>
> -Mark
>
> On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Ganesh  S wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I have a linux machine to which i would like to mirror a private ftp site
> on
> > a nightly basis. A windows NT machine is serving as the ftp server. I
> tried
> > tools like wget and rftp from my linux box to allow recursive ftp's from
> the
> > windows NT machine, to occur automatically. rftp works only if the fttp
> > server is a unix machine. With wget, iam unable to get it to work. I have
> > the username and password setup in .netrc. The command i gave was wget -r
> > ftp://<IPaddress>/
> > Iam able to log in to the site with this but comes out with a message
> > "Download 0 bytes in 0 files".
> >
> > Can anyone suggest/help me with a solution ?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Ganesh
> >
> >
>
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