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# 8  
Old 01-26-2018
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
Running my sftp (OpenSSH_7.5p1 Ubuntu-10ubuntu0.1, OpenSSL 1.0.2g 1 Mar 2016), for an mget without a path I receive
Code:
sftp> mget
You must specify at least one path after a mget command.

It seems to recognise mget although it's not mentioned in man sftp, mayhap for compatibility reasons. For get it says:So get may have taken the place of mget.
What does your man sftp say about the availability of mget?

Try get with wildcards instead.
man sftp doesnt contain mget listed in it. yes i can use 'get' . only concerns is it overrides the the files. mget doesnot overrides the files. is it true ?

Regards,

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
And what happens when you DO give at least one path after mget command?
it says invalid command
# 9  
Old 01-26-2018
Quote:
Originally Posted by johnsnow
it says invalid command
It is really strange for mget to not work. Check for typos and carriage returns in your script file
# 10  
Old 01-31-2018
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
And what happens when you DO give at least one path after mget command?
Hi ,

code: mget file_name

This is also showing invalid command

Regards,
Babu

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Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
Running my sftp (OpenSSH_7.5p1 Ubuntu-10ubuntu0.1, OpenSSL 1.0.2g 1 Mar 2016), for an mget without a path I receive
Code:
sftp> mget
You must specify at least one path after a mget command.

It seems to recognise mget although it's not mentioned in man sftp, mayhap for compatibility reasons. For get it says:So get may have taken the place of mget.
What does your man sftp say about the availability of mget?

Try get with wildcards instead.

Hi ,

get( to multiple files) is working fine. But only concern is it will override the files. mget doesnot.

Regards,
Babu
# 11  
Old 01-31-2018
Quote:
Originally Posted by johnsnow
get( to multiple files) is working fine. But only concern is it will override the files. mget doesnot.
Override what? I don't understand what you're expecting.
# 12  
Old 01-31-2018
Overwrite...?

Not sure mget doesn't...
# 13  
Old 02-01-2018
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
Override what? I don't understand what you're expecting.
overriding files which already exists in destination.

example: doing mget from A to B.
if file exists in B already mget will override the files.

---------- Post updated at 04:55 PM ---------- Previous update was at 04:55 PM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
Overwrite...?

Not sure mget doesn't...
overriding files which already exists in destination.

example: doing mget from A to B.
if file exists in B already mget will override the files.
# 14  
Old 02-02-2018
Which is contradictory to what you said in post#10 and previous.
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