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Old 04-01-2009
FTP Directories
Hi Unix Gurus,

Been trying to find a thread on this matter but somehow it's not related.

I'm trying to ftp a few directories from Unix to the Wintel server but somehow its not working at all Smilie

i've tried to use mput but mput is only working for files but not directory.

any suggestion will me much appreciated!


regards,
wee
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Old 04-01-2009
ftp clients on command line usually can't do this. For example tar your stuff 1st, then ftp it and untar it on the receiving box.
Graphical ftp clients usually can do this recursively.
 
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