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Re: Mget switches
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Carlson)
Wed Nov 25 14:13:03 1998
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 13:39:47 -0500
From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
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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?
You're talking about the mget command that is part of ftp, right?
To get all the files, type mget * but be careful - it might work! :-)
>
>
> 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.
Inside ftp, type help. The ftp command you want is prompt.--
Jan Carlson
janc@iname.com Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
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