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RE: Mget switches
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charles Galpin)
Tue Nov 24 22:58:21 1998
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 21:33:33 -0500
From: Charles Galpin <cgalpin@lighthouse-software.com>
To: Paul Greene <redhat-list@redhat.com>
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use the prompt command. typing prompt will toggle the state from prompt (on
by default) to no prompt
so you would do something like
cd updates/5.1/1386
bin
prompt
mget *
charles
===== Original Message from Paul Greene <redhat-list@redhat.com> at 11/24/98
9:13 pm
>I hope this question isn't too "newbie-ish". I know it isn't exactly Redhat
>specific either, but I'm not sure where else to ask.
>
>Does "mget" have a switch that enables you to download everything in a
>directory without having to confirm each file being downloaded?
>
>When I'm trying to download a few dozen files worth 30 or 40 megabytes,
>it's a pain to have to confirm each and every one. I've looked in "man ftp"
>and "man mget" but didn't find anything that indicated it was possible to
>override the confirmations.
>
>Thanks in advance .......
>
>Paul Greene
>
-- Charles Galpin <cgalpin@lighthouse-software.com>
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