NACSE - Unix:ftp: Transferring Multiple Files

11.B.4:

Transferring Large File Structures

11:

Multiple Machines

11.B.2:

Transferring Individual Files

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§ 11.B.3: ftp: Multiple File Transfers

To transfer several files with one ftp subcommand, use the multiple put and get:

Let's use mput with the wildcard character * (every file) to backup all of your C programs in directory ~/development/prog on local:

ftp> lcd ~/development/prog

ftp> mput *.c

The behavior of ftp during muliple transfer is controlled somewhat by whether you toggle "prompting" on or off with

ftp> prompt

Prompting "on" prompts you before each file is transfered, prompting "off" copies all files without stopping. Without prompting, ftp should respond with something like:


200 PORT command successful

150 Opening ASCII mode  for big-math.c (97 bytes)

226 Transfer complete

local: big-math.c remote: big_math

104 bytes received in 0.022 seconds (4.6 Kbytes/s)

200 PORT command successful

150 Opening ASCII mode  for myprog.c (61 bytes)

226 Transfer complete

local: myprog.c remote: myprog.c

67 bytes received in 0.022 seconds (2.9 Kbytes/s)