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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Download data from ftp. Post 302450634 by admax on Friday 3rd of September 2010 10:04:59 AM
Old 09-03-2010
Download data from ftp.

Dear all,
I am beginner to shell scripting.
I have to download more than 1k files from ftp site.
link is below
ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/genomes/Bacteria/

Earlier i was using wget url, for download but the problem is some times folder names get changed, i don't know how to move in directories in the script (list of directories is not available). After entering in every directory i want to download files ending with ".fna" extension.

Please help me Smilie
 

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ftp::geturl(3tcl)						    ftp client							 ftp::geturl(3tcl)

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NAME
ftp::geturl - Uri handler for ftp urls SYNOPSIS
package require Tcl 8.2 package require ftp::geturl ?0.2.1? ::ftp::geturl url _________________________________________________________________ DESCRIPTION
This package provides a command which wraps around the client side of the ftp protocol provided by package ftp to allow the retrieval of urls using the ftp schema. API
::ftp::geturl url This command can be used by the generic command ::uri::geturl (See package uri) to retrieve the contents of ftp urls. Internally it uses the commands of the package ftp to fulfill the request. The contents of a ftp url are defined as follows: file The contents of the specified file itself. directory A listing of the contents of the directory in key value notation where the file name is the key and its attributes the asso- ciated value. link The attributes of the link, including the path it refers to. BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other problems. Please report such in the category ftp of the Tcllib SF Trackers [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883]. Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for either package and/or documentation. SEE ALSO
ftpd, mime, pop3, smtp KEYWORDS
ftp, internet, net, rfc 959 CATEGORY
Networking ftp 0.2.1 ftp::geturl(3tcl)
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