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RE: Mget switches
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jason Parmer \(jasonp\))
Wed Nov 25 12:51:51 1998
From: "Jason Parmer \(jasonp\)" <jasonp@sequent.com>
To: "'redhat-list@redhat.com'" <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 09:24:38 -0800
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also, if you type "prompt" in a normal FTP program, it turns off interactive
mode... voila....
Jason Parmer
-----Original Message-----
From: Lloyd Sumpter [SMTP:Lloyd.Sumpter@BCHydro.bc.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 1998 8:24 AM
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Subject: RE: Mget switches
I use ncftp - it has an "mget" function and will happily download
whatever
without confirmation. In fact, you can do it on the command line and
it does it
totally quietly. Great program!
On 25-Nov-98 Paul Greene wrote:
> 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
>
>
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