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Old 09-26-2007
get files from multiple directories using FTP

Hi,
I need to download multiple files in multiple directores from other Unix server. The files could have been created by differnet user. I can use root account but I want the preserve the owner and time of the remote file. Need help on how I can do this using FTP.

Thanks,
Amit
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Old 09-26-2007
1. Using FTP, before downloading, usr dir or ls to get the owner, group and attributes of the file, then set them after download.

2. Use SSH and invoke tar & gzip on the far side, ungzip and untar on the client side with the option to maintain owner, group and attributes.
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Old 09-26-2007
Yeah - option #2 is the easiest if SSH is already established. Smilie
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