12-13-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
Look for a recursive option to mget in it's manpage. I would, but I don't have mget.
mget ist not a command but a subcommand of ftp, therefore you probably "have" it (as long as you didn't purge the ftp command from your system) and it neither has a manpage nor a recursive-option.
The bad news is there is no way to do it with ftp in a simple or straightforward way. ftp was designed as an interactive program and hence is simply not built with your purpose in mind. It may be possible - with finite, but probably pretty high amount of work to put in - to script a solution around ftp, but i wouldn't suggest doing that.
What you can do, though, is to use r-commands (rcp) or their securized counterparts (scp, ...). Look at the manpages of rcp and/or scp and decide for yourself if they fit your purpose.
Another way is to create a tar-file of the subtree and use ftp to transfer it from one machine to another, then use tar to extract it there. While this is a simple and straightforward solution it needs some (depending on the amount of data you want to transfer) and maybe even a lot of disk space. Roughly the size of the tar archive is as big as the single files summed up (check with du to get a picture, if you want to transfer one subtree /transfer/this then issue
du -ks /transfer/this
to get the number of kbytes. The same number you will need again for the tar archive.
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mtp_libmtp_folder_struct
LIBMTP_folder_struct(3) libmtp LIBMTP_folder_struct(3)
NAME
libmtp - LIBMTP_folder_struct
SYNOPSIS
#include <libmtp.h>
Data Fields
uint32_t folder_id
uint32_t parent_id
uint32_t storage_id
char * name
LIBMTP_folder_t * sibling
LIBMTP_folder_t * child
Detailed Description
MTP Folder structure
Examples:
delfile.c, folders.c, getfile.c, newfolder.c, sendfile.c, and sendtr.c.
Field Documentation
LIBMTP_folder_t* LIBMTP_folder_struct::child
Child folder or NULL if no children
Examples:
folders.c.
Referenced by LIBMTP_destroy_folder_t(), LIBMTP_Find_Folder(), and LIBMTP_Get_Folder_List_For_Storage().
uint32_t LIBMTP_folder_struct::folder_id
Unique folder ID
Examples:
folders.c.
Referenced by LIBMTP_Find_Folder(), LIBMTP_Get_Folder_List_For_Storage(), LIBMTP_new_folder_t(), and LIBMTP_Set_Folder_Name().
char* LIBMTP_folder_struct::name
Name of folder
Examples:
folders.c.
Referenced by LIBMTP_destroy_folder_t(), LIBMTP_Get_Folder_List_For_Storage(), and LIBMTP_Set_Folder_Name().
uint32_t LIBMTP_folder_struct::parent_id
ID of parent folder
Referenced by LIBMTP_Get_Folder_List_For_Storage().
LIBMTP_folder_t* LIBMTP_folder_struct::sibling
Next folder at same level or NULL if no more
Examples:
folders.c.
Referenced by LIBMTP_destroy_folder_t(), LIBMTP_Find_Folder(), and LIBMTP_Get_Folder_List_For_Storage().
uint32_t LIBMTP_folder_struct::storage_id
ID of storage holding this folder
Referenced by LIBMTP_Get_Folder_List_For_Storage().
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